Christian Distance Learning

Southern Cross College of the Assemblies of God in Australia was previously called "Commonwealth Bible College". The College began in 1948 in Melbourne and has functioned in a number of locations since then. In 1949 it moved to Newfarm in Brisbane. A purpose built campus was established in 1961 at Graceville on the banks of the Brisbane River but was totally destroyed in the massive Brisbane floods of 1974.

For one interim year the college was conducted at Glad Tidings Tabernacle in Brisbane while a new campus was obtained and refurbished in Katoomba in the former Palais Royale guesthouse. A few years later the facilities of the Illawara Bible College were added to the campus and the college continued in Katoomba until 1995. In 1993 the name was changed to Southern Cross Bible College, and due to a new incorporation this name became Southern Cross College of the Assemblies of God in Australia Ltd. From the beginning of 1996 the college has been at Chester Hill.

About 2,500 students have been trained at Commonwealth/Southern Cross College since 1948 and the graduates are serving the Lord on every continent of the world. Many wonderful missionaries have come from this college and hundreds of church planters and pastors. Many of the National Executive leaders of the Assemblies of God have come through Southern Cross and a number of the current Academic Staff are graduates also.