Seeley Swan Valley Creation Conference II

Dr. Kevin Horton, President, Institute for Biblical Authority, IBA777.org
​​Dr. Horton, The Bible and Science Guy as he is also known, holds a BA in biology from Dickinson State College (University) in Dickinson, North Dakota. He earned a doctorate in veterinary medicine from Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa and a Masters of Divinity from Moody Theological Seminary in Chicago, Illinois.
Dr. Horton practiced veterinary medicine on both large and small animals in the Bitterroot Valley of Montana for 20 years. During the last five years of veterinary practice he answered God’s call to church leadership and established two churches in the Valley. He served Crossroads Christian Fellowship of Victor, MT as senior pastor for 20 years. He began as the full-time Executive Director of IBA in the spring of 2018.

Michael Oard

Institute for Biblical Authority

After two years in the U.S. Navy, Michael Oard earned his B.S. and M.S. degrees in atmospheric science from the University of Washington. He was a research meteorologist for six years at the University of Washington and has published several research articles in journals and technical monographs of the American Meteorological Society. Mr. Oard later joined the National Weather Service as a weather forecaster. He retired in 2001 after 30 years of service and does full time research, writing, and speaking in creationist earth science.

After becoming a creationist in the mid-1970s, Michael realized there was a lot of research needed in the earth sciences. To fill this gap, he has since spent almost 40 years studying geology, geophysics, glaciology, and paleoclimatology. Mr. Oard has published about 200 articles in the creationist in-depth literature, especially the Journal of Creation and the Creation Research Society Quarterly. He has also authored, coauthored, or been editor of seventeen creationist books on the Flood, the Ice Age, weather, dinosaurs, and geology. He is on the board of the Creation Research Society and is an adjunct speaker for Creation Ministries International. Michael Oard resides in Bozeman, MT.

Mark Amunrud

B.S. in Mathematics | M.S. in Engineering

M.C.M in Worship & Theology

Mark has enjoyed two careers: teaching at Bible colleges and designing advanced software. He taught classes in Genesis, Science and Origins, Astronomy, Bible, and worship at various Bible colleges. In his other career he designed and developed lending and compliance software for financial institutions that are widely used today.

Mark was able to retire early when he sold his software company, Bridger Systems, and then spent much time researching specific areas where science and scripture disagree. This included a multi-year project of understanding and translating Genesis chapters one and two.

Mark loves the Bible, God’s word, and he loves science, God’s world. His passions are to understand and obey the Bible accurately and to advance science into new areas of technology that seem impossible today. Mark is a controversial researcher because he challenges common interpretations of the creation account that are not accurate. He also challenges accepted scientific theories which are based on false assumptions and provides evidences that they need to be corrected.

Mark earned a B.S. in mathematics from MSU Billings, a M.S. in engineering from MSU Bozeman, and a M.C.M. in worship and theology from Western Seminary. Mark is happily married to Debra who organizes and runs a wonderful church library. They have three grown children. Two teach math and science and one is a librarian. They also have three wonderful grandchildren.