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A Brief History |
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The original ministry of King's Way was the Spanish language school. It began in March of 1972 when eleven missionary couples
from various geographical and denominational backgrounds, who had worked as missionaries in Latin America, met in the home of Don and Opal Russell in Pharr, Texas.
Their purpose was to discuss the possibility of starting a new ministry to teach missionaries to speak Spanish. God had already spoken to some of them, and in
that meeting He birthed in them a vision to establish a new school.
About a month later these missionaries met again to finalize their plans and to elect officers.
They chose to name their new school, The King's Way Missionary Institute. They also elected their first officers: Don Russell, President; William Arensman,
Vice-President; Harry Johnson, Treasurer; and Barbara Johnson, Secretary.
When they began the school, the question was asked, "Where are we going to get
students?" Although at that time, no one knew the answer to that question, God had a plan for King's Way. With no advertisement other than word of mouth, the
opening date was set for the third of September, 1972. The first class began with 14 missionaries from various states, including one couple from Canada. No one
knows for sure how they heard about this new school, but King's Way was off to a good start. Thirteen students graduated in that first class. King's Way is a faith ministry totally dependent on the Lord to supply our needs through
the prayers and offerings of His people. From the beginning we took as our motto the following statement made by missionary statesman Hudson Taylor: "God's
work—done God's way, shall not lack God's supply." Over the years, we have seen God faithfully meet every need. There have been many changes made through the years. In the early part of the 1970's property
was added and new buildings were erected. Then in the fall of 2008 after thirty–six years of operation the school moved to its present new location in
Mission, Texas. Since that time many improvements have been implemented including the purchase of new, modern facilities and the total upgrading of the Spanish
program including the related Spanish Phonetics and Spanish in Ministry courses. We have also made the well-known Perspectives Course the backbone of our missions
training component. The Perspectives Course is required for all our students and is also offered to local believers throughout the Rio Grande Valley. Starting
in the fall of 2011 we will begin the first phase of our new English program designed to help local Spanish-speaking ministers improve their proficiency in
English. In the spring of 2012 we then plan to initiate the second phase of the English program with a new intensive English course designed to equip the new
rapidly growing force of Hispanic missionaries that are preparing especially for ministry in many of the remaining unreached areas of the world.
We are grateful to the Lord to be able to report that since the beginning of the ministry of the
Spanish language school over 1,500 missionaries have graduated and are sharing the Gospel in many of the Spanish-speaking countries of the world as well as into
other regions also such as Europe, Asia, and Africa. Over the years we have received tremendous reports of significant accomplishments made by our
graduates in the field. These wonderful testimonies of the miracle of salvation, healing and deliverance are living proof of God's determination to receive glory
from people from every tribe, tongue and nation and of the fact that He is not willing that any should be lost. Our staff and friends who help support King's Way
have a part in every victory experienced by these faithful workers. Today King's Way – now called King's Way Center for World Mission –
continues to play an important part in mobilizing the church of the 21st century for the goal of completing the task of taking the Gospel to every remaining people
group on planet earth.
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