HISTORY OF OUR COLLEGE

                                     Dr Christian Wei was saved September 10,                                      1978, after a colleague in the Taiwan military                                      encouraged him to attend a missionary church.                                      Called to the ministry in 1980, Dr Wei enrolled in                                      Orient Fundamental Bible College of Taiwan and                                      graduated in 1986. That same year Christian and                                      Judy Wei left Taiwan to study in the United                                      States at Bob Jones University, where Dr Wei                                      received an M.A. (1987) and Ph.D. (1992) in                                      Theology. In 1997 Dr Wei earned a doctorate in education from La Salle University.

History of Eucon
In 1987 while studying at BJU in Greenville, South
Carolina,  the  Wei's  helped  to  establish  a  local
Chinese   Bible   Church.  When   several   charter
members  finished their own seminary studies and
went  to  the mission field, the  church  provided
monthly  support. As the church mission  program
expanded  Dr. Wei saw a  need to form a  special
organization dedicated  to sending missionaries to
Chinese peoples throughout the world. Thus Chinese for Christ International (CFCI) was
established in 1992.

Two years later, in 1994, Dr Wei founded Christian Way Missions Inc (CWM) as a board for sending missionaries not only to China but to other restricted-access nations. CFCI became the first branch of CWM and has since been joined by India for Christ International (1996) and Myanmar for Christ International (1999).

In 1998, Chinese Bible Church International was formed as a mission extension arm to CFCI on the island of Saipan and Eucon International School was established as a ministry of the church. EIS provides Christian elementary and secondary education to the people of Saipan and serves as a cross-cultural training ground for missionary teachers.

In operating the school, Dr Wei saw how Asian students on Saipan and abroad had a strong desire to receive an American college education. Eucon International College was established under Christian Way Missions Inc as a means to reach these students for Christ. EIC was licensed by the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas in 2002, began classes in 2003, and received government authorization to start issuing student visas in 2004.

Eucon International School is a member of the American Association of Christian Schools (AACS). Eucon International College is an applicant institution for accreditation by the Transnational Association of Christian Schools and Colleges (TRACS). The college is licensed to operate on Saipan as a postsecondary, degree-granting educational institution by the Board of Regents of the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Island.

Governing Structure
Today Dr Wei resides in Saipan while serving as administrator of Eucon International School, president of Eucon International College, pastor of Christian Bible Church, and president of Christian Way Missions Inc.

The CWMI headquarters remain in Greenville, South Carolina, under the direction of Dr. Eddie Wang, a Chinese national who followed after the footstep of his grandfather, Huang Yan Pei, who was also one of the greatest educators and goverment officials in China. Dr. Wang is also director of Chinese for Christian International and chairmain of the Eucon International College board of directors. The board consists of five members who are assisted by an advisory board comprised of respected educators, pastors, and missionary statesmen from the United States.

About Saipan
Saipan is the largest and the most populated of the 14 islands compromising the Northern Marianas, a chain that stretches across 400 miles of the western Pacific Ocean. The islands are adjacent to the Marianas Trench with the world’s greatest known ocean depth of 35810 feet. Volcanic in origin, the Marianas lie approximately 1300 miles south of Tokyo, 1400 miles east of Manila, 3200 miles west of Honolulu, and 2900 miles north of Sydney. Saipan is the closest United States territory to the mainland of China.

Saipan measures 13 miles long and 6 miles across at its widest point. The western shore is almost completely encircled by a huge barrier reef creating a beautiful, calm lagoon with sparkling white sand beaches. The native islanders are the Chamorros and Carolinians, who were enslaved and forcibly converted to Catholicism by the Spanish some 350 years ago. Germany bought Saipan from Spain in 1899 after the Spanish-American War, then occupied by Japan in 1914 during World War I. Japan lost Saipan to the United States during a series of bloody battles in World War II. On neighboring Tinian Island the Americans built the airstrip from which the atomic bombing of Japan was launched in 1945.

After the war, the United States continued to administer the Northern Marianas as a protectorate. The people have chosen to maintain commonwealth status under which they retain U.S. citizenship and protection, but have their own laws and independent constitution.