On September 13, 2003, the Texas Gulf Coast Bible Institute Advisory Committee met with representatives of the International Studies Division of Sunset International Bible Institute to formalize an agreement naming the newly forming Spanish ministry training institute as a Branch school of Sunset.

This was the culmination of many months of dreaming, planning, and praying about how to best meet the challenge of taking the Gospel to the Spanish speaking community that now comprises the largest single ethnic group in the greater Houston area.

Some of the decisions, proposals, and actions plans coming out of the meeting include:

• The school will target September 0f 2004 for the first classes to begin. Prior to that, there are plans for some seminars and special training sessions.
  
• The school will be housed in the Central Church of Christ building in Pasadena, TX.
  
• Committees are designated and at work to publicize the new school and solicit funding and prospective students.
  
• The TGCBI Advisory Committee is in the process of transitioning into a Board of Directors.
  
• Sunset and the TGCBI Advisory Committee have invited Steve Austin to accept the position of Administrative Dean. Steve is presently working with the Impact church in downtown Houston, under the oversight of the elders at the Kingwood Church of Christ. He is investigating the possibility of accepting the position.
  
• Sunset and the TGCBI Advisory Committee have invited Ignacio Barcenas to accept the position of Academic Dean. Ignacio is presently working as the minister for the Spanish congregation that meets at the Central Church of Christ in Pasadena, TX.

The Texas Gulf Coast Bible Institute has a vision of ministry far beyond just the Houston area. By networking with other Spanish ministry training schools and using the latest methods technology provides, we can see a ministry reaching North and South, touching Spanish speaking people all over the Americas with the Good News of Jesus Christ.