The campus is on the Venture Center , a collaborative mission base on a 17 - acre campus in Pasadena .
The institution was founded in 1977 by Ralph D. Winter , a Presbyterian missiologist who also established the U.S. Center for World Mission .
The campus is on the U.S. Center for World Mission   , a collaborative mission base on a 17 - acre campus in Pasadena .
The institution was founded in 1977 by Ralph D. Winter , a Presbyterian missiologist who also established the U.S. Center for World Mission .