First called Elim Bible College, it was founded in 1925 by the evangelistGeorge Jeffreys, also co-founder and leader of Elim. It was situated in Clapham, London, until its move to Nantwich, Cheshire in 1987. It became Regents Theological College in 1996.
In the early 1990s the college gained a more academic emphasis, mainly due to the work of AmericanNew Testament scholarSiegfried Schatzmann, then a faculty member. The college began offering undergraduate degrees validated by the University of Manchester. Undergraduate and postgraduate degrees are now validated by the University of Wales, Bangor and doctoral supervision is now also offered in partnership with the University of Wales, Bangor under the leadership of Dr. Keith Warrington.
In 2008 it was announced that the college would be moving to a new site in September 2009, the former St. James School for Girls in West Malvern and this has since taken place.