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'''Rees Howells''' (10 October 1879 – 13 February 1950) was the founder of The [[Bible College of Wales, Sketty|Bible College of Wales]].<br />
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Howells was born in [[Brynamman]] in [[Carmarthenshire]], Wales.<ref name=B>[https://biography.wales/article/s2-HOWE-REE-1879 Dictionary of Welsh Biography website, ''Howells, Rees (1879 - 1950), missionary and founder of the Bible College, Swansea'', article by Huw Walters]</ref> When he was 12 years old he left school and worked in a tin mill and coal mine. He later went to the USA for better financial benefits where he met a Jewish Christian named Maurice Reuben who followed Jesus Christ as the Messiah. Howells also read a book of [[Henry Drummond (evangelist)|Professor Henry Drummond]]. Both influences caused him to become an [[Evangelical Christian]]. Later he returned to Wales. He was affected by the [[1904–1905 Welsh revival|1904–1905 Welsh Revival]].<br />
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On December 21, 1910, he married Elizabeth Jones and they received [[Christian mission|missionary]] training in Edinburgh and London.<ref name=B /> They were later missionaries in Africa. He was led down the path of intercession for many years, before seeing [[Christian revival|revival]] across Southern Africa from 1915 to 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]].<br />
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The Howells had one child, a son named Samuel Rees Howells, who later became the Director of the Bible College of Wales.<ref name=B /> Samuel died on 18 March 2004.<ref name=BF>[https://byfaith.org/2020/08/21/rees-howells-intercessor-intercession-revival-and-the-bible-college-of-wales/ By Faith website, ''Rees Howells Intercessor, Intercession, Revival and the Bible College of Wales'', article dated 21 August 2020]</ref><br />
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In 1924 he founded the Bible College of Wales in [[Swansea]], Wales. After a long period of closure the College was later purchased, refurbished and reopened by Cornerstone Community Church based in Singapore.<ref>[https://www.bcwales.org/directors The Bible College of Wales website, ''Directors'', retrieved 2024-04-19]</ref><br />
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==Bibliography==<br />
*''God Challenges the Dictators, Doom of the Nazis Predicted'' by Rees Howells, 1939, annotated 2020 by Mathew Backholer, ByFaith Media.<ref>[https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5584888.Rees_Howells GoodReads website, ''Rees Howells'']</ref><br />
*''Rees Howells Intercessor'' by [[Norman Grubb]], Philadelphia: Christian Literature Crusade, 1952.<br />
*''The Intercession of Rees Howells'' by Doris M. Ruscoe, Cambridge: Lutterworth, 1983.<br />
*''Samuel Rees Howells: A Life of Intercession'' by Richard Maton, ByFaith Media, 2012. The story of Rees Howells and how his son Samuel followed him to become an intercessor.<br />
*''Samuel, Son and Successor of Rees Howells'' by Richard Maton, ByFaith Media, 2012. Covers much of the story of Rees Howells, his legacy and the influence Rees Howells had upon his son Samuel Rees Howells.<br />
*''Rees Howells’ God Challenges the Dictators, Doom of Axis Powers Predicted'' by Rees Howells and Mathew Backholer, ByFaith Media, 2020.<br />
*''Rees Howells, Vision Hymns of Spiritual Warfare Intercessory Declarations'' by Rees Howells and Mathew Backholer, ByFaith Media, 2021.<br />
*''Rees Howells, Life of Faith, Intercession, Spiritual Warfare & Walking in the Spirit'' by Rees Howells and Mathew Backholer, ByFaith Media, 2022.<br />
*''Rees Howells, Monument of Faith, History of The Bible College of Wales 1922-1932'' by Rees Howells and Mathew Backholer, ByFaith Media, 2024.<br />
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== See also ==<br />
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* [[Spiritual warfare]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.reeshowells.org Rees Howells Official website]<br />
*[https://byfaith.org/product-category/books/rees-howells/ Rees Howells books]<br />
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