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BIG SKY BIBLE CAMP CELEBRATES 75 YEARS OF GOD’S FAITHFULNESS
from BCM World March 2022
by BCM World
It was the year 1944 when two BCM missionaries by the names of Jean Clark and Hazel Simonton followed God’s call from eastern United States to Big Sky country in western Montana. They journeyed first to Billings, then Bozeman, and finally to Missoula, starting after-school Bible clubs where they could teach God’s Word to students of all ages. In 1947, God led these two ladies to start a Bible club camp that would allow their after-school clubbers to experience the joys of summer camp. The first camp was held in Swan River country in the Flathead Valley near Kalispell, MT. About fifty campers came to that first camp to learn more about the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Thus were the humble beginnings of what is now...
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