Bible College of Wales, Sketty
The Bible College of Wales, 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.
In 2009, it was relocated from Wales to England and renamed Trinity School of Ministry, run by Global Horizons. In 2012, Cornerstone Community Church, an independent Pentecostal congregation based in Singapore purchased and refurbished the property at Derwen Fawr. The college has since been reopened and runs a three-month School of Ministry programme twice a year.
The College's current director, is Pastor Yang Tuck Yoong.
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.Despite having only two shillings when he purchased the first property for the Bible College of Wales, he eventually received gifts sufficient to make up for the shortfall. 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.
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. The college continued to run under Alan Scotland. In July 2009 the Bible College of Wales saw its last graduation. 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 and announced intentions to establish a new Bible school on the site while retaining its original name and honouring its heritage and legacy. It was reopened and inaugurated on Whit Monday, 2015 under the new leadership.