Christian college, warm climate? Put Pepperdine on your list. My family loved it. Right in Malibu. Beautiful campus, warm, caring community. Lovely chapel. They were the most welcoming of all the schools on our daughter’s list. We could only go out from the East Coast over Christmas break, and even though they weren’t running tours and interviews, they made someone available. They were so welcoming, and took good care of us, and at the end of the tour gave us a backpack, towel, sunglasses, I think and other goodies. My daughter ended up picking another California school, mainly because Pepperdine (where Lester Holt’s son graduated from) didn’t have her major. Otherwise, it’s truly a gem of a school and community.