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.....and some times it turns out really good! As a senior in high school, Chris Short already had his college trajectory mapped out, with plans to attend a local college in northern Idaho, where he lived. Some key circumstances started to give him a different vision....
Doug Macauley – Never wanted a degree – only to be known as “SJC” Traveling across Oregon with his family on a hot day, packed into an old Mercedes with a heater that refused to turn off. That’s Doug Macauley’s first memory of visiting Boise Bible College. They were...
Connie Jo Connolly didn’t really believe God could use her to further His Kingdom. She grew up in a Christian home and went from accepting Christ as her Savior at age 11 to leaving home at age 20, to realize at age 40 she had really wandered and messed things up. She...
With an appetite for adventure, a high tolerance of risk, and an eye for the practical, Angela (Parrish) Hayden came to BBC, wanting to use her skills and passions to serve others in ministry. Little did she know where all that would take her. It was also those...
Doyle and Galen Farnsworth, Church Builders Doyle Farnsworth: January 28, 1928 – November 1, 1982 Galen Farnsworth: April 4, 1930 – March 4, 2015 Work, play, war, building, coming to Christ, college, ministry, raising families… these two brothers helped each other in...
A challenge leads to a legacy Initially challenged to try Boise Bible College for a year, Andy Morris has spent a lifetime in ministry and passed the legacy on to his sons. Bill Putman, then director of Intermountain Church Planters Association, encouraged Andy to...
There is no age limit for students at Boise Bible College. Many “non-traditional” students are our most passionate and focused learners. Henry Webb’s story started in Atlanta, Georgia. He was raised under the eyes of his mother Mrs. Pinkey Willis, a host of relatives,...
Alumni Derek and Pam Helt Boise Bible College not only equips servant leaders to serve the church for a lifetime, often life-time relationships are forged at Boise Bible College. Relationships are grown in the classroom, eating meals together in the cafeteria,...
A job-ending broken ankle in early 1982 began a pivotal year for Delbert Durfee Even as he worked during his first few years out of high school, he was active at Elgin Christian Church in Elgin, OR, and knew he wanted to be in church leadership. Not long after his...
Harold Gott is proof that it’s not just the “paper” that makes the minister; it’s the “passion” too. Boise Bible College has always attracted non-traditional students, and Harold Gott has always been non-traditional. Harold grew up in northern California working in...