The King's University College is a private liberal arts college, located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The University was founded by members of the Christian Reformed Church who saw a need for a regional, trans-denominational, Christian college in Western Canada. In December 1970, a constitution, and statement of principles gave written expression to their vision of Christian Higher education. King's is a member of the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities. The enabling legislation is the Post-secondary Learning Act. King's was founded in 1979, by the Christian College Association (Alberta) as The King's College. On November 16, 1979, the Alberta Legislature approved The King's College Act which granted a charter to The King's College. On November 2, 1983, an official affiliation agreement was signed with the University of Alberta, ensuring that the great majority of courses at King's would transfer automatically to the University and making various University resources, such as the library and curriculum labs, available to college students.