The Alliance Bible Seminary began as the Wuzhou Bible School in 1899 in Wuzhou, Guangxi Province, China. It was founded by Dr Robert Hall Glover, a medical missionary appointed to China by the Christian and Missionary Alliance, together with Robert A. Jaffray, Alvin Field, and Walter H. Oldfield. In 1938 it was renamed as Alliance Bible Institute.
Following the establishment of the People's Republic of China in 1949, Alliance Bible College relocated to Cheung Chau, Hong Kong, where it resumed operations in 1950 at what was House #22. The College was renamed as Alliance Bible Seminary in 1955, since in Hong Kong the term "College" is customarily used to refer to secondary schools. In 1958 Alliance Bible Seminary started issuing degrees.
As the seminary grew, the next-door site was purchased (House #23) and together the two sites made a good-sized campus with 15 buildings occupying 100,000 square feet. A library annex was added and named the Jaffray Memorial Hall after founder Robert Jaffray.
In 1975 the Christian and Missionary Alliance Mission elected to transfer governorship of Alliance Bible Seminary to local Chinese Christians. Dr Philip Teng was the first President. One of the halls has been named after him.
The Seminary’s expansion continued and in 2006 the City Campus opened in Wanchai.
There was further expansion in 2010 with the building of a campus site in Kowloon, the Alliance Bible Seminary Kowloon Centre.
Today the seminary operates an online school as well.
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