Since 1948, thousands of graduates from Alphacrucis University College (previously known as Commonwealth Bible College and Southern Cross College) have been making a difference in the lives of the people around them, and significantly impacting their world for good. To be an Alphacrucis Alumnus is to be part of a group of leaders around the world who are transforming nations and neighbourhoods!
We want to invite you to join Alphacrucis Alumni Connect, our exclusive AC Alumni community. Here, we help AC Alumni and friends stay in touch or reconnect through our quarterly email newsletters, social media platforms and events. We aim to provide; opportunities for you to catch up with former classmates, lecturers or colleagues across the AC community, inspire and encourage you by sharing Alumni Insight Stories, which celebrate the success of AC Alumni doing great things in their field, and enable you to continue learning, with free access to our physical library collections, and with invitations to our online webinars and special masterclasses.
Glyn & Sophia Barrett
Glyn and Sophia have a passion for seeing leaders and churches thrive and make significant impacts in their communities. They planted and pastor a large multi-site church based in Manchester, UK - !Audacious Church. Glyn leads the Assemblies of God Great Britain and co-chairs Empowered21 for Western Europe. Sophia’s powerful prophetic ministry and leadership is evident in her speaking, publications, and media.
Glyn and Sophia’s leadership journey began with a call from God in Glyn’s childhood, and through Sophia’s radical salvation in her teens. They met at Southern Cross College (now Alphacrucis), during which Glyn recounts how God gave him an audacious vision in 1995 that he would return to the UK and plant a church. They graduated, married, and embarked on their new leadership journey.
Glyn and Sophia pioneered a youth and young adults ministry in Sheffield, UK, but soon they felt to start again. They planted !Audacious Church in Manchester in 2007, which has grown to a multisite, multi-generational church across UK and Europe. Their community outreach supports many projects and feeds thousands of people throughout Manchester and the Midlands. Together, Glyn and Sophia impact Christian leaders throughout Europe, overseeing more than 600 churches with a church planting strategy to launch 400 new churches over the next five years.
In the midst of their busyness, Glyn returned to study at Alphacrucis, last year completing his Master of Leadership. This commitment to strengthen and broaden their leadership is a mark of the love Glyn and Sophia have for God, and for seeing people and communities transformed. Glyn and Sophia Barrett are worthy recipients of Alphacrucis’ Distinguished Alumni Award for 2023.
We are so excited to be able to bring back both the Distinguished Alumni Award and the Young Distinguished Alumni Award in 2023. Fill out the form below to nominate someone you believe deserves special recognition and to be honoured in this way. Alumni who have been nominated previously but were not selected, may be nominated again - so don't be shy! Nominate an AC Alumnus who you think meets the following criteria.
Distinguished Alumni Award
This award is presented to an AC graduate who:
- exemplifies the AC Graduate Attributes; (Christian Worldview, Leadership, Integrity & Justice, Communication, Personal & Social Skills, Critical & Creative Thinking, and Professional Knowledge)
- demonstrates a continued contribution to AC;
- has made a significant contribution to the Christian church, their vocation and/or the broader community
Young Distinguished Alumni Award
This award is presented to an AC graduate who:
- is 40 years old or younger in the year of the award;
- exemplifies the AC Graduate Attributes; (Christian Worldview, Leadership, Integrity & Justice, Communication, Personal & Social Skills, Critical & Creative Thinking, and Professional Knowledge)
- demonstrates continued contribution to AC;
- has made a significant contribution to the Christian church, their vocation and/or the broader community which is likely to be an inspiration to the next generation of graduates
Did you know that AC Alumni get free access to our libraries? It's one of the perks! Even if you're not able to get to the library in person, you can still access all of our books by using the Collection Copy Request service, which enables you to receive scanned chapters (up to Copyright law limitations) delivered directly to your inbox! Simply fill out the form below to sign up for free library access, and we'll be in touch with more information about how to utilize our Collection Copy Request service.
We want to hear about the things you've been doing since studying at AC! How are you serving your community, where are you working, and what role have you stepped into? We love hearing these good news stories so get in touch with us anytime. You can reach us by email, through one of our social media platforms or by submitting a class note via the form below.
