A Message from our President 

This Spring Semester promises to be an exciting time as we begin our eleventh year. God continues to bless the ministry of the school as students become better equipped, and join others in leading congregations in more meaningful service. We have ministered to more than fifteen hundred students since opening our doors in the Spring of 1999. Our Independent Studies Department continues to grow. We now have around three hundred inmates in California, Nevada, and Arizona prisons. We have an extension school at the state prison in Lancaster, California. These inmates join a growing number of pastors and church leaders from places like, Rwanda, Tanzania, Ghana, Pakistan, India, the Philippines, and the United Arab Emirates. This past semester we partnered with UCLA, and educators around the world, in focusing on providing education to those even in the most remote parts of the world. In August we began an extension school in the United Arab Emirates, at Dubai/Sharja. Minnie and I visited there in December and the students are excited about the opportunity. We hope to have them in class with us by way of video conferencing this semester. We are awaiting the installation of DSL at their church villa. To God be the glory great things He has done - Is Doing! 

Because of His Grace, 
Troy S. Welch, Th.D., Ph.D., President