Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in the May issue of The Mustang Connection magazine.

1927 – Los Angeles Baptist Theological Seminary (LABTS) opened its doors with 24 students. It met in Calvary Baptist Church in Los Angeles, offering B.D. and B.Th. degrees.

1933 – LABTS began meeting at the Kasper Cohn Hospital property.

1942 – Construction completed on property owned by LABTS at Sixth and St. Louis streets in Los Angeles, and the school moved in.

1950 – LABTS established a college division.

1955 – Dr. Carl Sweazy assumed the role of president. LABTS enrollment was 55 day students and 35 evening students.

1959 – Sweazy resigned as president to return to his ministry of evangelism. Dr. John Dunkin replaced him.

1961 – School moved its campus to Placerita Canyon in Newhall, Calif. College division named Los Angeles Baptist College.

1965 – Hotchkiss Hall completed.

1965 – Ronald “Pete” Reese appointed director of physical education. School switched its athletics nickname from the Gideons to the Mustangs.

1967 – Bross Gymnasium constructed with funds donated by Robert Bross, a chicken farmer from Vista, Calif.

1974 – Graduate seminary relocated to Tacoma, Wash., and took on the name Northwest Baptist Seminary.

March 1975 – LABC received WASC accreditation.

1975 – Reese Academic Center completed.

1978 – Slight dormitory completed.

Spring 1985 – Dr. John Dunkin stepped down from the presidency after 26 years.

May 1985 – Dr. John MacArthur named president, and the college changed its name to The Master’s College.

Fall 1985 – Enrollment reached 445 students, a more than 50% increase from the previous semester.

1986 – The Master’s Seminary is established.

1987 – Sweazy and Dixon dormitories completed. Enrollment for fall rises to record 680 students.

1988 – Waldock dormitory completed.

1989 – Undergraduate enrollment reached 863 students.

1993 – Center for Professional Studies is established.

1994 – The Israel Bible Extension Program (IBEX) launched.

1996 – Master of Arts in Biblical Counseling program first offered.

1999 – TMC moved into the “North Campus” facility it purchased from Grace Baptist Church.

2003 – C.W. Smith dormitory dedicated.

2004 – Chad Wensel (men’s golf) wins the first individual NAIA national championship in school history.

2006 – Master of Arts programs in biblical studies and education first offered.

2007 – Distance Education Program (DEEP) courses first offered. And TMC received programmatic accreditation from the National Association of Schools of Music (NASM).

Sept. 2011 – TMC hit record enrollment, with traditional students in attendance climbing to 1,017.

Oct. 2011 – Welcome Center and Legacy Center remodeling project completed.

Feb. 2013 – Expanded John R. Dunkin Student Center and dining terrace opened.

Jan. 2014 – Major facelift of Bross Gymnasium completed, and entire complex named The MacArthur Center.

2015 – In the spring, TMC Online began offering first bachelor’s degrees: Christian ministries and organizational management. In the fall, it added a bachelor’s degree in biblical studies and an MBA program.

Fall 2016 – TMU Online offers B.A. in biblical counseling and an M.A. in biblical studies.

Spring 2016 – Karis Crichton (Frankian) became the first woman in school history to win an individual national title, winning the 5K in track and field.

May 2016 – TMC became The Master’s University.

June 2017 – TMU Italy launched.

Fall 2017 – Marketing Media major announced.

Jan. 2018 – Online Master of Education degree launched.

Fall 2018 – TMU began offering a trio of new majors: classical liberal arts, geoscience, and audio production and communication. TMU Online added B.S. in business administration.

May 2019 – Dr. MacArthur transitioned to chancellor, and Dr. John Stead became interim president.

Aug. 2019 – New Pearl C. Schaffer School of Education building opened.

Summer 2020 – Hotchkiss, Sweazy and Dixon dorms remodeled; School of Business and Communication renovated; sand volleyball courts completed.

Fall 2021 – TMU welcomed 415 new students to campus, its largest incoming class ever.

2022 – TMU adds majors in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, computer engineering, entrepreneurial studies, sport management and interdisciplinary studies.

2022 – Dr. Abner Chou affirmed as full-time president of TMUS.