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When Dr. Phineas F. Bresee responded to the growing need for a Christian college in the Los Angeles area, God used him to answer the heartfelt prayers of a group of six women who called themselves the Bible College Prayer Circle. The group had come together in 1897, and on July 28, 1902, their prayers were answered. Bresee founded and became the first president of Pacific Bible College, which would become Pasadena College and later Point Loma Nazarene University. The women had envisioned a Bible college, but Bresee’s vision was for a liberal arts institution. He believed that spiritual and academic learning went hand-in-hand. That legacy is still with us today, as Point Loma remains committed to the liberal arts and to whole-person education.

Pacific Bible College began with 41 students. In 1910, Bresee purchased the Hugus Ranch land in Pasadena and fulfilled his dream of creating not just a Bible college but a holiness university. Nazarene University opened in 1910 and from its beginning included women students.

By 1919, the name of the school had changed again to Pasadena College. Point Loma Nazarene University

In 1964, W. Shelburne Brown became president of Pasadena College. He was instrumental in moving the college from its original location in Pasadena to its new Point Loma, San Diego home in 1973.

In 1999, graduate programs in education were begun in Bakersfield and Mission Valley. A graduate program in education had remained in Pasadena since the move. In 2001, the program moved to Arcadia. Also in 2001, an MBA program was added in Mission Valley. PLNU now has five locations: the undergraduate campus in Point Loma and graduate programs at regional centers in Arcadia, Bakersfield, the Inland Empire, and Mission Valley San Diego. Point Loma currently offers graduate degrees in biology, business, education, nursing, and theology.

Point Loma Nazarene University Bresee’s commitments to the message of holiness and to helping the poor set the stage for the future work of the Church of the Nazarene and PLNU. Nazarene churches are known for their outreach, for their service to those in need, and for addressing issues of social justice. Though the university began with only $4,000 in pledges, God has been faithful. Today, PLNU is home to more than 2,500 undergraduate students, and more than 1,200 graduate students.

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