Bible College of Wales was founded by the great Welsh intercessor, Rees Howells. Called by God to establish a centre where men and women could be trained in readiness to go on to the mission field, Rees Howells was inspired by what he saw at the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago and determined that he would build a college like it in Wales. Soon after, he found the house in Swansea, Glynderwen, that would become the foundation for the vision.