Michael Painter

Michael is currently and has been teaching philosophy at Ivy Tech Community College in Indianapolis for almost 20 years. He holds an M.S. in Ed. degree and has 40 semester hours of courses beyond his master’s degree. He has two sons and three grandchildren. He worked for the Urantia Book organizations headquarters in Chicago from 1979 to 1991. Currently he is serving as a member of the Education committee as well as his third 9-year term on the General Council. He formerly served 2 years on the Executive Committee of the Urantia Book Fellowship as Vice President and Interfaith Committee Chair. Also, he has served in all offices and is currently President of the Orvonton Urantia Book Society. He found the book in 1970. “I have been reading The Urantia Book for over 50 years. My spirit lights up when I read it now just as it did when I first found it!” He has been a speaker and workshop leader at numerous Urantia Book conferences.