Mark Amunrud

Board Vice Chairman

Bachelor of Science in Mathematics, Montana State University; Master of Church Music, Western Conservative Baptist Seminary Portland, Oregon; Master of Science, Industrial and Management Engineering, Montana State University.

One of the founders of Montana Bible College, Mark has been a high school math teacher, a college music professor, a software developer, president of a successful software company, and president of MBC from 2003 – 2008. Mark now continues his work at the College through teaching, serving on the Board of Directors, and volunteering his time for special projects. His passion and full-time pursuit is creation research. Mark is currently doing a precise experiment dealing with the speed of light to verify the amazing physics described in the Biblical creation account.

Jim Carlson

President

Bachelor of Arts in Pastoral Studies, Big Sky Bible College, Lewistown, Montana; Master of Arts in New Testament Language and Exegesis, Western Conservative Baptist Seminary, Portland, Oregon.

In the 25 years prior to becoming president of Montana Bible College in 2009, Jim was pastor of Lone Rock Bible Church in Montana’s Bitterroot Valley, executive director of the Rocky Mountain Bible Mission, and pastor of Community Bible Church of Fort Benton, Montana, and the Winifred (Montana) Community Bible Church. Since 1990 Jim has taught various courses as a modular instructor at Montana Wilderness School of the Bible near Augusta. Jim and his wife, Mary, have four grown sons.

Donald H. Cheever, M.D.

Bachelor of Science in Pre-Medicine, Montana State University; Doctor of Medicine, Oregon Health Sciences University. Dr. Cheever completed additional training in Denver, Colorado.

Don served in the United States Air Force Medical Corps, the Montana State University Student Health Service, and in a private family practice. He served as Montana State University Sponsor for both Campus Crusade for Christ and Navigators. Dr. Cheever has taken medical missions trips to Vietnam, Thailand, Ethiopia, Zambia, Colombia, and Albania, to care for war victims and refugees.

Don and his wife, Winnie, have been members of Grace Bible Church in Bozeman for many years, where he has also served as an elder. Don has been part of the Montana Bible College Board of Directors since 1992.

William O. Curtis

Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering, University of Wisconsin.

Bill served four years in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War. He was employed by Northern States Power in Twin Cities, Minnesota for 31 years. He is former president of the Minneapolis Rotary, and the former vice president of the St. Paul Jaycees. Bill served for ten years as a vocational school teacher. He retired in 1992 and moved to Bozeman, where he presently lives with his wife, Janet. Bill’s hobbies are fly fishing, hunting, and fly tying. In Bozeman he served as chairman of the Service Corp of Retired Executives (SCORE), through which he continues to counsel clients in the areas of engineering, marketing, and finance. Bill presently serves as Class Administrator for the Bible Study Fellowship men’s class in Bozeman and as Head Usher at Grace Bible Church. He served 12 years as a deacon at Grace Bible Church Deacon Board. He has served on the Montana Bible College Board since 2002.

Harlan Durgan

Board Chairman

Diploma, Montana Institute of the Bible, Billings; Bachelor of Biblical Literature, Seattle Pacific College. Graduate studies in Christian Education, Seattle Pacific College.

Harlan served as the Pastor of Grace Bible Chapel in Billings and Faith Independent Presbyterian Church in Seattle. He also served at Seattle Bible Institute as both registrar and a teacher. Harlan was on the Board of Directors for the Seattle Bible Institute and Big Sky Bible College. He currently serves as Pastor of the Livingston Congregational Church, where he and his wife, Alma, have been since 1976.

Ken Fenno

Board Secretary-Treasurer

Bachelor of Science in Business, Montana State University.

Ken currently serves as CEO of the Manhattan Bank chain. He and his wife, Barb, have three children and ten grandchildren. Ken is a member of Manhattan Bible Church, where he has served as an elder for many years. Ken enjoys reading and is learning to play the fiddle. Ken has served on the Montana Bible College Board of Directors since its founding in1987.

William Grinder

Bachelor of Arts, Elementary Education, Montana State University.

William has been the pastor of the Cardwell Community Church since 1997. He enjoys serving in this rural setting with his wife, Julie. They have four daughters. William served as an elementary classroom teacher for several years at Heritage Christian School in Bozeman and later taught in Ankara, Turkey. His training in ministry has primarily been “hands-on,” and included a one-year pastoral internship at Grace Bible Church in Bozeman.

Jeff MacPherson

Bachelor of Fine Arts, California State University.

Jeff began competing in motorsports at age eleven. After college, he worked with pottery and then in a race car fabrication shop. His career path led him to professional motorsports, racing cars in North America, New Zealand, Australia, and Europe. In 1987 Jeff competed in a two-car team for the entire Indy Car championship year, finishing 8th in the Indy 500. Over the years Jeff brought his automobile dealership expertise to Bozeman. While in Bozeman Jeff has been a substitute teacher at Bozeman High, a metal fabricator, a landlord, a real estate developer, and has begun an airplane leasing business. He and his wife, Nancy, have three grown children. Jeff has served on the Montana Bible College Board of Directors since 2008.

Norm Millikin

Bachelor of Science in Business from the University of Northern Colorado, Master of Education and Doctor of Education from Oregon State University.

Norm is a recently retired Marketing Professor at Montana State University. Previously, he taught high school in Boise, Idaho and community college in Ontario, Oregon. Norm served 20 years as Executive Director of the Montana Council on Economic Education. He serves as an elder at the Evangelical Free Church in Bozeman.

Grahame Nicolson

Four-year Diploma in Bible and Music, Prairie Bible College; Bachelor of Arts in English, Music, and Secondary Education, University of Great Falls; Graduate studies in Education, MSU/Northern.

Grahame Nicolson grew up in Australia; his wife, Karen, was raised in a bush village in Alaska. They’ve served the Lord together in Montana since the 1960′s. Grahame and Karen have served in several Montana pastorates and were in on the “ground floor” of the development of C bar N Camp / Montana Wilderness School of the Bible, where they still play an active role. They are engaged in various regional church and youth ministries — including teaching, speaking, and music — through Intermountain Christian Fellowship, and Grahame leads monthly “Men’s Leadership Association” sessions and Youth Leadership Groups. Karen is sought after by women for her wisdom and discipleship skills.

Jim Owenhouse

Jim spent thirty-two years in the retail hardware business in California. He acquired his first store when he was twenty-two years old, and during the next fifteen years he developed it into three additional locations. Jim and his wife, Ella May, moved back to Bozeman in 1985 and got involved in various Christian and community activities, including Bible Study Fellowship, Rotary Club, and as Deaconess Hospital volunteers. Jim has served on the Grace Bible Church board for over twenty years as deacon and presently as elder.

T.C. Richardson

Bachelor of Arts in Christian Education, minor in small business management.

T.C.’s Godly grandmother arranged for him to attend Bible camp while his parents were processing their divorce, the summer of 1954. Bill Bright (CCC) was the speaker the Saturday he “walked the isle”. Through his youth, T.C. was involved with CE (Christian Endeavour) and was challenged by Ralph D. Winter (USCWM) while visiting his uncle’s Presbyterian Church in Pasadena, California. He finished his formal education in 1974 but continued training in the medical field until 1991, serving as an Aeromedical Medical Supervisor in the USAFR.
Currently, T.C. serves as the Missions Director of Lone Rock Bible Church in Stevensville, Montana. Yet he counts all his years of Christian ministry – serving in Christian Schools, church boards and mission departments – as nothing unless souls are directed to Jesus Christ and Christ-followers learn to disciple others with purpose. By God’s grace, this passion of T.C.’s continues to bear lasting fruit.

Arlen Tofslie

Associate of Arts in Bible, Montana Institute of the Bible.

Arlen was born and raised in Montana. After High School, he served four years in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam era. After his military service, he returned to Montana and worked in the RV and automotive field, earning his journeyman license in small engine mechanics. He became a new creation in Christ while listening to Billy Graham on television. His wife, Vickie, came to Christ soon after, and they were off to Bible College. Following Bible College, Arlen served in the pastoral ministry in Montana and Idaho in four different churches for 31 years. He is currently living in Belgrade, MT on an extended sabbatical from full time ministry recovering from a quadruple by-pass heart surgery.