Rees Howells
Rees Howells (10 October 1879 – 13 February 1950) was the founder of The Bible College of Wales.Howells was born in Brynamman in Carmarthenshire, Wales. When he was 12 years old he left school and worked in a tin mill and coal mine. He later went to USA for better financial benefits where he met a Jew named Maurice who was serving Jesus. Howells also read a book of Professor Henry Drummond. Both influences caused him to become a Christian. Later he returned to Wales. He was affected by the 1904-1905 Welsh Revival.He and his wife were later missionaries in Africa. He was led down the path of intercession for many years, before seeing Revival across Southern Africa from 1915-1920. The rise of Adolf Hitler and the outbreak of World War II also marked a period of strong activity in Howells' ministry of intercession. They had only one child, a son, named Samuel Rees Howells.In 1924 he founded the Bible College of Wales, now called Trinity School of Ministry.