1986 the Board of CES extended the ministry to Los Angeles and established “China Evangelical Seminary Extension Center of Los Angeles” ("Extension Center") in Monterey Park, California. Extension Center vigorously promoted extension theological education to believers. Five years into its established, in 1991, Extension Center hired its former president Dr.Timothy Lin as the primary adviser. March 1992 “China Evangelical Seminary Extension Center of LA” was renamed “ China Evangelical Seminary North America Theological Education Center”. In July of the same year, Dr. Katheryn Leung was called to be the Director of the Center.