Urshan Graduate School of Theology

Urshan Graduate School of Theology (UGST) is a private seminary operated by the United Pentecostal Church International (UPCI) and located in Wentzville, Missouri.

In April 1998, Timothy Dugas, pastor of The Sanctuary in Missouri, formed an ad hoc committee to study the feasibility of the graduate school.

In October 1998, the UPCI General Board, augmented with additional personnel, creating a steering committee under the auspices of Arless Glass, superintendent of the Division of Education.

After relevant debate, the gathered ministers of the United Pentecostal Church voted to found the Urshan Graduate School of Theology.

The board hired James Littles Jr. as vice president; he did considerable organizational work to ready the graduate school to open its doors.

The board of trustees and the president officially installed the founding faculty (James A. Littles Jr., David S. Norris, Raymond Crownover, and Gerald L. Truman) at the convocation on August 29, 2001.