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About Us 

LOCATION: For Semester 1, 2025 our classes will be running from Kingdom Light Church, 37 Tamara Drive, Cockburn Central. Construction on the brand new Sparrows College facility is underway and scheduled for completion in 2025!

Sparrows College is an interdenominational ministry training college, primarily serving the Evangelical, Charismatic, and Pentecostal Christian traditions, for the purpose of equipping ready-to-serve national and international ministry practitioners. Sparrows College charges no fees to students! All study options are free with entry restricted to those awarded scholarships.

We seek not simply to inform people but to see lives transformed through a commitment to academic excellence, Christ-centred thinking, spiritual reflection, kingdom mission, and the outworking of God’s grace in people’s lives. Our faculty teach, model, and embody the knowledge, skills, beliefs, and values essential for fruitful lives and meaningful vocations.·

We cultivate a supportive learning and ministry community through face-to-face delivery, communal events and activities, and personalised academic support and mentoring. Through God’s provision, we remove economic barriers to people pursuing God’s call on their lives by providing fully funded academic study options.

Registration & Accreditation

Sparrows College is a member institution of the Sydney College Divinity (SCD), a nationally registered University College with self-accreditation status. The national regulator of higher education in Australia is the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA).

TEQSA registers higher education providers and monitors quality and standards, to ensure that students receive a quality education. TEQSA evaluates the performance of higher education providers against the Higher Education Standards Framework (Threshold Standards) 2021. SCD’s registration as an Australian University College with self-accreditation status appears on TEQSA’s National Register of Higher Education under provider code PRV12045.

Academic Board

The Academic Board (AB) governs the College’s academic life, advocating for and guiding the pursuit of academic excellence and ensuring the maintenance of high standards in quality assurance and compliance that align with all stipulations of the accrediting body, Sydney College of Divinity (SCD) and ultimately the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA).

Membership:
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Warren Ison (MMin), Administrator @ Sparrows College
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Chris Johnstone (PhD), Principal @ Sparrows College
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‍Mathilda Joubert (PhD), Director of Excellence and Innovation @ Sheridan Institute of Higher Education
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Nigel Pegram (DMin), Senior Lecturer in Practical Theology @ Alphacrucis University College
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Mick Stringer (PhD), Senior Pastor @ Thornlie Church of Christ

Academic Staff & Faculty 


Our faculty teach, model, and embody the knowledge, skills, beliefs, and values essential for fruitful lives and meaningful vocations.


Chris Johnstone (PhD), Principal at Sparrows College
Chris Johnstone (PhD), Principal & Academic Dean; Lecturer: Biblical Studies
Warren Ison at Sparrows College
Warren Ison (MMin), Administrator; Lecturer: Pastoral Ministry and Cultural Studies
Sandra Basham (PhD)
Sandra Basham (PhD), Health and Wellbeing Officer; Lecturer: Pastoral Counselling Studies and Practice
Jenny Cox (PhD)
Jenny Cox (PhD), Librarian; Lecturer: Theological Studies, Research Methodology and Supervision
Peter Elliott (PhD)
Peter Elliott (PhD), Lecturer: Church History, Theological Studies
Michael Bullard (DMin)
Michael Bullard (DMin), Supervised Ministry Coordinator; Lecturer: Pastoral Ministry
Jeanette Rigley (M.Couns.Pract.)
Jeanette Rigley (M.Couns.Pract.), Adjunct Lecturer: Pastoral Counselling Studies
Mick Stringer (PhD), Adjunct Lecturer: Theological Studies
John Finkelde (MA Lead), Mentor: Pastoral Practice

Administration and Support Staff


Dana Dicey: Student Services Coordinator
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Laini Dicey: Hospitality Services
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Ali Parmenter: Registrar, Administration & Library Services

Jason Pelling: Marketing

Contact: info@sparrows.wa.edu.au