Bible College of Wales, Sketty explained

The Bible College of Wales (Trinity School of Ministry from 2009–2012), is a Pentecostal Bible college located along Derwen Fawr Road in Swansea, Wales. Originally based in Swansea, Wales, it was founded in 1924 by Rees Howells.[1]

In 2009, it was relocated from Wales to England and renamed Trinity School of Ministry, run by Global Horizons.[2] [3] [4] In 2012, Cornerstone Community Church, an independent Pentecostal congregation based in Singapore purchased and refurbished the property at Derwen Fawr.[1] [5] [6] The college has since been reopened and runs a three-month School of Ministry programme twice a year.[7]

The College's current director, is Pastor Yang Tuck Yoong.[8] [9]

History

Prior to starting the Bible College of Wales, founder Rees Howells was part of a ministry in Africa from 1915 to 1920. He left this life behind him to focus on the founding of a training college that could equip the growing number of Christian converts to become missionaries and ministry workers. Inspired by the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, Illinois, he started a Bible College in Swansea.[10] [11]

Despite having only two shillings when he purchased the first property for the Bible College of Wales,[12] he eventually received gifts sufficient to make up for the shortfall.[13] [14] He went on to purchase four estates for the College Wales - Glynderwen, Derwen Fawr, Sketty Isaf, and Penllergaer. It formally opened at Glynderwen House, Swansea, UK in 1924.[1]

Rees Howells was director of the college until his death in 1950. He was succeeded by his son Samuel Rees Howells who led the college until a year before his death in 2004.[15] [16] The college continued to run under Alan Scotland.[17] In July 2009 the Bible College of Wales saw its last graduation.[18] In September 2009, the college operations moved to Rugby under the name Trinity School of Ministry and was run by Global Horizons.

In December 2012, Cornerstone Community Church of Singapore purchased the Derwen Fawr site[19] and announced intentions to establish a new Bible school on the site while retaining its original name and honouring its heritage and legacy.[20] It was reopened and inaugurated on Whit Monday, 2015 under the new leadership.

Accreditation

The BCW School of Ministry is accredited by the Accreditation Service for International Schools, Colleges & Universities to offer a diploma in ministry.[21]

Notable alumni

Bibliography

References

  1. News: Williams . Nino . 25 April 2015 . Former Bible College of Wales set to re-open after major refurbishment . South Wales Evening Post . https://web.archive.org/web/20150915075835/http://www.southwales-eveningpost.co.uk/Bible-College-set-open/story-26385098-detail/story.html . 2015-09-15 .
  2. Web site: 12 Oct 2022 . Global Horizons . Global Connections.
  3. Web site: 2 June 2010 . Trinity School of Ministry . The Prodigal Thought.
  4. Web site: Historic Welsh Bible college to re-launch in Rugby .
  5. Web site: Pettie . Gordon . 15 Aug 2020 . Revelation TV Presents - Rees Howells - The Bible College of Wales . Revelation TV.
  6. News: Gregor . Gary . 14–15 Nov 2015 . Spreading the gospel . 12–13 . South Wales Evening Post.
  7. News: Peregrine . Chris . 26 April 2015 . New Bible college era marked by re-opening, South Wales Evening Post . South Wales Evening Post.
  8. News: Yang . Tuck Yoong . 4 April 2013 . Redigging Wells of the Welsh Revival . Charisma Magazine .
  9. News: Sheets . Dutch . 30 September 2015 . Re-Digging the Wells of Revival: Dutch Sheets' Visits to Cane Ridge and Wales . Charisma Magazine .
  10. Book: Grubb, Norman . Rees Howells: Intercessor . CLC Publications . 1988.
  11. Book: Morgan . Densil D. . The Span of the Cross: Christian Religion and Society in Wales 1914-2000 . 2016 . . 194 . 18 July 2022.
  12. News: 29 May 1939 . Two Shillings Founded the College . 25 . Daily Mirror.
  13. Book: Muller, George . The Autobiography of George Muller . Whitaker House, U.S. . Feb 1996 . 9780883681596.
  14. News: Holland . Billy . 4 Oct 2019 . George Müller – a man of faith . Jackson Sun .
  15. Book: Maton, Richard . Samuel, Son and Successor of Rees Howells . ByFaith Media . 2012.
  16. Book: Maton, Richard . Samuel Rees Howells: A Life of Intercession, The Legacy of Prayer and Spiritual Warfare of an Intercessor . ByFaith Media . 2012.
  17. Web site: Backholer . Paul . 21 August 2020 . Rees Howells Intercessor, Intercession, Revival and the Bible College of Wales . ByFaith Media.
  18. News: 25 April 2015 . Former Bible College of Wales set to re-open after major refurbishment . South Wales Evening Post . https://web.archive.org/web/20150915075835/http://www.southwales-eveningpost.co.uk/Bible-College-set-open/story-26385098-detail/story.html . 2015-09-15 .
  19. Web site: History . 2013-03-10 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140315023456/http://www.theforgewales.org.uk/cms/index.php/en/the-forge-history . 2014-03-15 .
  20. Web site: Arise and Build! . 2013-03-10 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131027094118/http://www.cscc.org.sg/wales/ariseandbuild/ . 2013-10-27 .
  21. Web site: School of Ministry Curriculum . 2022-04-22 . BCW . en.
  22. News: Eddy . Melissa . 12 Dec 2019 . Reinhard Bonnke, the 'Billy Graham of Africa,' Dies at 79 . The New York Times .

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