Our History

Trinity School of Theology, formerly the Bible College of Wales, was founded by Rees Howells. He was a well-known teacher and prayer intercessor and his vision was to ‘seed the nations’ with the Christian message. His incredible story of faith and prayer is captured in ‘Rees Howells - Intercessor’, a book written by Norman Grubb now re-printed over a dozen times.

Rees Howells’ conversion to Christianity, he fully surrendered his life to Christ and learnt how to love the unlovable. As he grew in his faith, he increasingly learnt the power of prayer, developing a powerful intercessory prayer ministry. His heart was for the nations and this burden never left him. He took the great commission seriously, taking Jesus at his word. His conviction powered his prayer life and resulted in many thousands of people being trained to take the Christian message to many countries across the world.

He passed the work to his son Samuel when he died in 1950, who faithfully carried on the work until 2004 when he died. Although different in personality to his father, Samuel carried the same burden for both prayer and for the gospel to be taken all around the world. Samuel passed the work on to its current Chairman - Alan Scotland - who continues to head up the work today along with a dedicated team of trustees and staff.

After much consideration and prayer, the trustees decided to move the College’s UK training base to a new, designed-for-purpose site in Rugby, Warwickshire in 2009. The college was renamed to Trinity School of Theology. The degree course has also been adapted and is now accredited through York St John University. This is an exciting time for Trinity as it expands the courses that it offers and is more accessible to a wider population in central England.