The Pacific Theological College (PCT) is an ecumenical theological college located in Suva

Suva

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, Fiji

Fiji

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. Established in 1965, it opened for training in 1966 and was originally designed as the only regional institution to offer degree-level education in theology, available primarily to students from Pacific Island churches. Many of the church leaders of the Pacific Islands have been educated at PTC since. Since its inception, it has been staffed by a range of theologians from the region and beyond.

Today, PTC offers theological education at diploma, degree, Masters and doctoral levels. It has a distance education wing (PTC Education by Extension); incorporates the Institute for Research and Social Analysis; and hosts the God's Pacific People Programme, which concentrates on personnel exchange programmes, capacity building programmes, and the Face-to-Face Programme (on behalf of the Council for World Mission

Council for World Mission

The Council for World Mission is a worldwide community of Christian churches. The 31 members share their resources of money, people, skills and insights to carry out their missionary work.CWM was established in 1977 in its present form...

). It has a large campus with office space and lecture halls, student and staff accommodation, a conference centre (the Jovili Meo Mission Centre), and a sports field. The campus is located at the corner of Vuya Road and Queen Elizabeth Road, Veiuto, Suva.

PTC is owned by a number of 'mainline' churches in the South Pacific:

• The Anglican Diocese of Polynesia
• The Church of Melanesia
• The Congregational Christian Church in Samoa
• The Congregational Christian Church in American Samoa
• The Cook Islands Christian Church
• The Ekalesia Kelisiano Tuvalu
• The Ekalesia Niue
• The Kiribati Protestant Church
• The Nauru Congregational Church
• The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Papua New Guinea
• The Free Wesleyan Church of Tonga
• The Methodist Church in Fiji and Rotuma
• The Methodist Church in Samoa
• The Presbyterian Church of Vanuatu
• The Porotetani Etaretia Maòhi
• L'Eglise Evangelique en Nouvelle Caledonie et aux lles Loyautés
• The United Church in Papua New Guinea
• The United Church in the Solomon Islands
• The United Church of Christ in the Marshall Islands
• The United Church of Christ in Pohnpei

PTC has been led by the following theologians:

• 1966-1971: The Reverend Dr George A. F. Knight (Principal)
• 1972-1976: The Reverend Alan Quigley (Principal)
• 1977-1981: The Reverend Dr Sione 'Amanaki Havea (Principal)
• 1982-1988: The Reverend Ilaitia Sevati Tuwere (Principal)
• 1989-1991: The Reverend Dr Sione Latukefu (Principal)
• 1992-1994: The Reverend Dr Faitala Talapusi (Principal)
• 1995: The Reverend Dr Samiuela Toa Finau (Acting Principal)
• 1996-2001: The Reverend Dr Jovili Iliesa Meo (Principal)
• Since 2002: The Reverend Dr Uili Feleterika Nokise (Principal)

External links

• Pacific Theological College
• Panomara view of the Pacific Theological College
• Satellite view of PTC on googlemaps