Ridley College was established in 1910 to train Anglican ministers and missioners. Since then it has grown into a theological college that provides education, formation, and training for ordinands, school chaplains, youth and children's ministers, AFES and IFES workers, evangelists, church planters, and overseas missionaries. Ridley welcomes students from all denominations, and provides part-time and full-time study options, distance awards, and some accommodation. Ridley also supports those training in theology to go back into the workplace through its Marketplace Institute.
Ridley exists to equip equally men and women for Christian service in God's world.
The College is evangelical in tradition and committed to academic excellence and spiritual formation.