Ambassador
University, founded as Ambassador College in 1947, was a privately
supported Christian university in the liberal arts tradition,
incorporated in the State of Texas. The University first began operations at Pasadena, California, as
Ambassador College, a unit of the Worldwide Church of God. A
second campus opened in 1960 at Bricket Wood, St. Albans,
Hertsfordshire in the United Kingdom. Four years later a third
campus commenced operations in Big Sandy, Texas. As graduates
began outnumbering employment opportunities within the Worldwide Church
of God, the campuses consolidated in Pasadena: Bricket Wood in 1974,
and Big Sandy in 1977.
In August 1981, to meet increasing enrollment demands, the Big Sandy campus reopened.
In the fall of 1990, Ambassador College, at Pasadena and Big Sandy, consolidated operations in Texas. In 1994 the college became Ambassador University and was granted full accredited status by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.
Ambassador concluded its mission to liberal arts education in August of 1997, having awarded 9,362 degrees, closing its doors as a fully accredited institution.
For 14,732 young men and women, over 50 years, Ambassador has been instrumental in the preparation of lives of service to Jesus Christ and His church. Its students and faculty continue to be “Ambassadors for Christ.”