In the beginning, in 1996, the Wolaita KHC head quarter established diploma of Theology program in agreement with Ethiopian KHC central office. They named it Ethiopian KHC Training Center (EKMTC).  This was the first English program for three years diploma in theology. At the time, two women and 19 male were registered and all 21 students were graduated in 1998.

Mean while the Wolaitta Kale Heywet Church started evening class, they call it “Soddo Evangelical College (SEC) in 1997 to meet the growing need for part-time biblical instruction for local church leaders and Bible School teachers. It was started with 56 evening class students and 29 of them were graduated with Diploma of Biblical and Theological studies.
In order to strengthen the college and to share staff and facilities, EKMTC – Sodo and SEC were merged in the year 2001. This merged collage was named “Ethiopian Kale Heywet Evangelical College – Soddo” (EKEC – Sodo).

Then in 2007,   Wolaita Kale Heywet church (WKHC) general assembly decided to start four years degree Program in English and named “WOLAITA EVANGELICAL SEMINARY (WES)”. After that, Ethiopian Kale Heywet church central office agreed and shifted all workers and properties of EKEC – Sodo to Wolaita Evangelical Seminary. The focal cause to open this degree program was the rapid growth of churches and more educated people are coming up to the church. In this regard the Seminary was established in order to produce the future potential church and community leaders from the local settings of Wolaita and its surroundings.