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At first, Michael Leslie didn’t want to come to The King’s University. “I tried to avoid it as much as possible,” the Longview native said. “I had always felt the need to pursue a biblical degree, but avoided it due to fear of rejection.” God wouldn’t let him off ...

“When you know where your identity stands, everything falls into place,” she explained. Marie Flores has a passion for people to find their freedom and identity in Christ. Marie, a third year theology student at The King’s University, says her practicum with Pink, ...

Until a year ago, Kailyn Taylor’s dream of being a worship leader was a secret she kept tucked inside. An invitation to lead worship for a church her mother and step-father were planting in Pittsburgh forced her dream out into the open. “My parents had known my ...

At first, Jeffrey Lanzara wasn’t sure he would be a good fit for a practicum in men’s ministry. “Before (my internship), I believed that men’s ministry was comprised of guys who liked hunting, fishing, or watching football,” he exclaimed. “Since I fall into none ...

Jessica Dalton has a strong desire to see people encounter God and experience transformation through worship. “I have a passion to write worship songs that are full of truth and reveal God’s character, but are also musically creative,” she said. “I have a passion ...

Courtney Widelitz was a full-time makeup artist before feeling God call her to The King’s University to pursue a Masters in Practical Theology. She had a growing desire to understand and know the Word of God and be able to live it and share it with others. Born ...

A prophetic word inspired Oli Snyder to eventually leave the corporate world to study theology at The King’s University. “About ten years ago, while I was sitting outside the Dallas Convention Center during a business event and reading my Bible, a man from Korea ...

Jared Barber says The King’s University is the only thing that brought him to Texas. The Shreveport, LA native felt led to enroll at TKU after a conversation with his former youth pastor. “We had a four hour lunch at Applebee’s about it,” he exclaimed. “I had no ...

Charlotte Barnes reconnected to God’s big picture for her life when she audited two classes at The King’s University. “I have been a stay-at-home mom for 22 years,” she said. “I am also an artist and I taught first through tenth grade art classes at a private ...

Jay Axtell says he knows firsthand that life doesn’t stop after 40. In 2009, through answered prayer to a prophetic word, the doors opened for Jay to start work on a Master of Divinity degree in Messianic Jewish studies at the Van Nuys campus of The King’s ...

Kipepeo Asha (“Asha”) discovered her passion on a trip to Israel over a decade ago. “I fell in love with the people and was encouraged by their love for God, their country and one another,” she explained. “But, I also experienced the many divisions between ...

Brandon Bailey is a native Texan attending our main campus in Southlake, Texas. God began stirring his heart to attend seminary several years prior to this campus launch, but when he heard that The Kings was coming to partner with Gateway Church, he said he knew ...