About Tabor

Tabor Adelaide is called to be a community of academic excellence providing high-quality tertiary education framed by an informed Christian worldview. Students are exposed to traditional knowledge and new ideas and are encouraged to work in partnership with their teachers and other students as members of a collaborative learning community. At Tabor Adelaide academic excellence includes growth in academic knowledge, acquisition of professional competence and personal transformation.

Tabor is a community of spiritual transformation, a community of grace, in which staff and students have opportunities to experience and respond to the love of God.

Tabor Adelaide is a community of eager enquiry, where staff and students are challenged to stretch their thinking. The Spirit of God challenges us to think outside the square, to be willing to subject our beliefs to the creative shaping of the mind of God. However, Tabor Adelaide is also called to be a community of robust conviction, grounded solidly in the Word of God and guided by the Spirit of Truth. We have a clear faith but not a closed faith - staff and students are encouraged to grow in faith and to express their faith authentically in their relationships with one another, the community and the world.

Tabor Adelaide is called to be a community of effective learning in which students receive the highest standard of teaching, whether delivered in the classroom or externally and where teaching staff seek continuous improvement in their teaching skills through ongoing professional development. But it is also a community of godly wisdom. Staff and students are encouraged to take hold of the knowledge they acquire and, by God's grace, to develop wisdom as they apply their knowledge within a framework of spiritual transformation and practical service.

Tabor Adelaide is called to be a community of scholarly research in which faculty engage in ongoing academic research and writing as a contribution to the wider body of knowledge in their particular disciplines and as an important dimension in their own personal learning.

Finally, Tabor Adelaide is also called to be a community of missional engagement, where personal growth is translated into concern and action on behalf of others.

Tabor Alumni and Friends (TAF) is an Incorporated Association comprising alumni (who automatically become members on graduation) and friends of Tabor Adelaide. The Association aims to:

• Provide benefits and services to Alumni and Friends of Tabor Adelaide
• Encourage the ministry, mission and growth of Tabor Adelaide

The benefits of Friendship:

As a Friend of Tabor you will:

• Be eligible for Associate Membership of the library at 50% discount.
• Be able to audit, free of charge, one semester based lecture series per year (subject to class size). Timetables can be accessed at http://www.taboradelaide.edu.au/current/timetable.php
• Be able to audit, at a 20% discount, intensive courses or one day seminars with visiting international scholars (subject to class size). The schedule for visiting scholars can be accessed at: http://www.taboronline.com.au/course/view.php?id=628
• Receive our College Newsletter 'Liberamente'
• Receive advance notification of coming events and other news

Friendship involves . . . .

Friendship involves mutual support and encouragement rather than obligation – so there are no membership fees! We do ask that you:

• Pray at least weekly for the College. From time to time, we may email you with specific prayer requests.
• Take opportunities to promote the College and to encourage enrolments.
• Prayerfully consider our Annual Appeal and other specific needs we may bring before you (but we promise not to overdo it!).

To become a Friend, please send your details to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.