Tracing its roots back to a house Bible study in 1897, Trinity International University (TIU) has grown into a private, Christian university comprising two schools and six academic centers. TIU has campuses in Deerfield, Illinois, and Santa Ana, California. TIU’s calling is to challenge others to think and act like Christians in a culture in which both have become equally hard. Its mission, in short, is to educate men and women to engage in God's redemptive work in the world by cultivating academic excellence, Christian faithfulness, and lifelong learning.