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In 1938, Dr. May left to assist the founding of Midwest Bible and Missionary Institute, in Salina, Kansas, later known as Midwest Bible College. Midwest's first president was Rev. Nye J. Langmade, who served this role until 1954. In 1946, Midwest moved to St. Louis, Missouri. From 1954 to 1956, Dr. May served as president, then Dr. Roger Andrus was appointed thru 1961. In 1959, it changed names to Midwest Bible College.
===Burson and Train===In 1941, [[Richard Edwin Burson|Richard Burson ]] and [[Eugene Dennis Train |Eugene Train]] studied at Midwest to become ordained Baptist ministers, and shared a house together in Salina, where the school was based at the time. After finishing schoolAround 1943, Richard found a "Help and Food" magazine while cleaning an elderly church lady's attic, thinking it was a cookbook, and this was introduced his introduction to the Brethren. Unknown to one another Ironically, around the same time, Eugene was introduced to the Brethren while furthering his studies at Dallas Theological Seminary. Richard became founder of [[Hutchinson Gospel Chapel, KS|Hutchinson Gospel Chapel]] in Kansas in the mid-1940's, as well as founder of [[Kansas Bible Camp]] around the same time. Eugene was commended went on to become a lifelong assembly planter in Potosi, Bolivia as a full-time assembly worker.
==Calvary Bible College==