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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...
Thelma Mae Serl We all get to choose what will and won’t define us. Thelma Mae Serl contracted polio at the age of one month and spent her life in a wheelchair, depending on others to take her where she needed to go. Lucy (Cole) Simmons shares, “Never mind all that,...
Pernille (Kluckow) Russell The Boise Bible College community has been blessed with students from around the world since early in our history. We’ve had a connection to Zimbabwe since 1960 when Dale Marshall (BA’59) and family were commissioned to serve in Southern...
That’s Fred Wood’s motto. As an alumnus of Boise Bible College, Fred Wood lives to serve well, love fiercely, and represent Jesus wherever he goes, even when things don’t go like he thought they would.Fred and his wife both closed their businesses and moved their five...
Tyler Mosier Tyler Mosier felt the call to ministry early in middle school and never wavered. Even before he met two Boise Bible College reps at Pleasant Valley Christian Camp’s middle school week, Tyler knew he wanted to serve God with everything he had. After a...