L. E. Maxwell readily became the school's dynamic principal and eventual president. Under his leadership Prairie Bible Institute grew to become Canada's premier missionary training center with international influence among evangelicalChristians. In addition to the Bible School in Three Hills, another Bible Institute was initiated in the north at Sexsmith, Alberta and a Christian Academy was added on the Three Hills campus in the 1930s. After Maxwell's death in 1984 two more post-secondary schools were created to train missionary pilots and professional trades personnel. Today, as many as 900 students study each year at one of these five schools founded or influenced by L.E. Maxwell.
Over the course of his teaching ministry Maxwell authored several books including Born Crucified, Crowded to Christ, Abandoned to Christ, and World Missions: Total War. Another book he had been working on, Women In Ministry, was published after Maxwell's death by co-author and fellow Bible educator, Ruth Dearing.
After 58 years as principal, president and professor, L. E. Maxwell retired in the spring of 1980 near the age of 85.
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Keller, W. Phillip. (1966). Expendable! With God on the Prairies: The Ministry of Prairie Bible Institute, Three Hills, Alberta, Canada. Prairie Press. ASINB0006C7KQY.