This Strategic Plan (the Plan) is the outcome of a number of years of discussion, reflection and analysis, and has been undertaken as a participatory exercise involving the Board of Management and Executive Team. Further input has also been provided by faculty, staff, current and past students, supporting constituency, and partner organisations.
This strategic plan is intended to provide a framework for academic, community and governance decision-making and planning for three years with regular review.
Eastern College Australia provides teaching, training and research from a Christian worldview that serves the Christian church and community whilst contributing to human flourishing through the transformed lives of its graduates.
Harnessing the strengths and resources of both Melbourne School of Theology (MST) and Eastern College Australia, in a two-school, one community model, we aim to become a leading regional provider of excellence in integrative Christian higher education.
ECA is a community committed to biblically-based Christian life, faith and witness, believing that God is glorified, and people are transformed through Christ-centred education and vocational training.
ECA is committed to the pursuit and proclamation of knowledge and truth from a Christian worldview, valuing and aspiring to academic excellence, critical and creative thinking and life-long learning that integrates theory and practice.
ECA, as a community, is committed to both teaching and modelling peace and justice in human relationships, transforming people and communities through the lives of its graduates, exercising responsible care and stewardship of God’s creation, and recognizing the image of God, and therefore inherent value in all people.
We are not simply concerned with academics. Our hope is that every student will be transformed by their studies both in mind and character, experiencing not only personal, spiritual renewal, but the development of life-long habits of the heart that will see them continue to grow in faith throughout their lives.
We are not only an expression of the Christian church but see ourselves as it’s servant. We value the trust relationship with Christian faith communities as they encourage their people to be trained here. We seek to listen to and engage with church and mission leaders in a partnership to advance God’s Kingdom.
In an era of rapid globalization, the diaspora of people and cultures, and dynamic social upheaval, it is critical that higher education remains relevant, agile, innovative, and culturally sensitive, capable of addressing the theological, social, and ethical issues of our day with biblical depth, excellent scholarship, and wisdom. We endeavour to remain intuitive to these changes with creativity, flexibility and agility within our curriculum and pedagogy, while retaining our core commitment to the Christian faith, and our witness for Jesus Christ.
We acknowledge the Wurundjeri People as the traditional custodians of God’s land on which Eastern College Australia stands, and pay our respects to their elders past and present, and our support for the emerging leaders of the future.
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