TKU Stories
Charlotte Barnes

Charlotte Barnes

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 school...

Courtney Widelitz

Courtney Widelitz

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 and...

David Li

David Li

David Li came to TKU a little over two months ago to pursue a Master of Divinity degree with a concentration in Messianic Jewish Studies. David was born and raised in Shanghai, China and did not grow up in a Christian family. It wasn’t until his older sister gave him...

Delilah Rossottis

Delilah Rossottis

As a young girl, Delilah dreamed of being the first person in her family to attend college, but it never worked out, and she put the dream on the shelf, where it gathered dust for many years. She instead pursued a career in the corporate world, becoming a sales...

Jared Barber

Jared Barber

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 idea...

Jay Axtell

Jay Axtell

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 University....

Jeffrey Lanzara

Jeffrey Lanzara

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 of...

Jessica Dalton

Jessica Dalton

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 to...

Jonathan Holland

Jonathan Holland

When Jonathan attended a TCU football game in the fall of 2015, he didn’t know that it would change his life. Jonathan, a Virginia native, was 16 years old when a teacher told him he was going to be a pastor. It was the first time he considered doing something in...

Jonathan Landis

Jonathan Landis

Jonathan Landis had years of exposure to ministry and a business education background, but he saw in TKU an opportunity to dramatically strengthen his administrative, pastoral and leadership skills. With a deep calling to encourage and inspire this generation to live...