john.brand@edinburghbiblecollege.co.uk John was born to missionary parents in India and trusted Christ for salvation while at boarding school there at the age of 11. He later trained at the Bible Training Institute in Glasgow, and then, for 12 years, pastored two Independent Evangelical churches, one in the inner city of London and then one in…
David Andrew is the Editor of Sword, an evangelical magazine which seeks to ‘restore the confidence of God’s people in the Word of God and the God of the Word’. He maintains that “…if God has put it on His page, we need to do something with it. There is no redundant Scripture. Only a…
Lynn is from Northern Ireland, where she came to Christ as a young child in Sunday School. She studied English and Spanish at Queens University Belfast and then completed a P.G.C.E. before teaching primary school in the inner city. Having always had a love of language and a growing desire to study theology, she had…
Business Manager BSc CEng MICE Eric Purves oversees the finances and administration of the College.
David comes from Northern Ireland where he was born into a Christian home. After completing his A Levels he went to work in the East End of London with one-parent families and alcoholic vagrants. On returning to Ulster he joined what has since become the Royal Irish Regiment of the British Army. He married Pearl…
Librarian Valerie, a member of Charlotte Chapel in Edinburgh, has worked in various libraries, mainly in education, and now serves as EBC’s part-time Librarian.
David is married to Kirsty, a practising doctor, and graduated from the University of Edinburgh with an Honours Degree in Law, but more importantly with a calling into Christian ministry after four years of campus ministry in evangelism, apologetics and preaching. David’s interest in Apologetics and Public Theology started at University while engaging with the…
David Randall is the minister of Falkirk Free Church, having previously served as pastor of the Bo’ness and Newmilns Church of Scotland congregations. Prior to entering the ministry, David worked in accountancy in the oil industry in Aberdeen. He’s married to Linnea, and they have 4 children. He likes to keep fit by running, and…
DTh, MTh, PgDipLRM, CThM, Dipl.-Volksw As long as Thorsten can remember, Jesus played a part in his life. From his early childhood his mother used to pray with him and he enjoyed the biblical stories being told at Sunday School. However, it was as a teenager that he met Jesus on a more personal level.…
Kieran is Pastor of Dedridge Baptist Church, Livingston. He is married to Sheena and they have four children. He spent his early years Primary Education in West Sussex, then trained for Baptist Ministry at Spurgeons College, London. He served as Pastor in Baptist churches in Portsmouth, Hartlepool and Bellshill, before taking up post at Dedridge…
Vice-Chairman of Board of Directors As a research physicist Adrian pursued his innate desire to know how things work; combining a PhD in Optoelectronics at Heriot-Watt University and R&D in Cambridge with the roles of student pastor and church elder, where he began to discover God’s invitation to serve in the local church. As his…
Steve Osmond was trained in the sciences and earned his MSc cum laude in Zoology from the University of Johannesburg where he specialised in ecotoxicology and ecological risk assessment. He has run his own environmental consulting business for several years, focussing on specialist assessments for biomonitoring and exploration studies, as well as managing a marine…
Heather is a Bible teacher and part time artist. Her interest is in the subject of Spiritual Formation and Discipleship for people of all ages. After graduating with a degree in education, she taught in a socially deprived area of Edinburgh (1994-99). She was then seconded to teach in ‘Special Education’ in a school for…
David grew up in the South East of England in a Christian home. In his early twenties God led him to Africa with African Inland Mission as a Mechanical Engineer to help with the maintenance on a mission station in Central African Republic. This marked a turning point in the direction his life would now…
James is the Development Manager for Scotland for Release International.
Chairman of Board of Directors Steve is Professor in the Faculty of Science and Engineering at the University of Liverpool from where he obtained his MEng and PhD degrees in 1983 and 1988 respectively. His current research focuses on Mass Spectrometry and Instrumentation and he is founder of a spin-out company in this area. For…
Sandy, as he is known, recently retired from parish ministry, having served four local congregations in Scotland and England, as well as being Senior Evangelist at Cliff College, the Methodist centre for evangelism and mission, the National Adviser in Religion to the Scottish Prison Service and the Principal of The Faith Mission Bible College in…
Andy is minister of London City Presbyterian Church. He was born in Malawi, but grew up in Lanarkshire, Scotland. He came to faith aged17. He trained at Edinburgh Theological Seminary (ETS) and graduated with a BTh in 2014. After seminary, he spent a year working as an associate church planter in Cornerstone Free Church, Edinburgh.…
Adele is a Consultant Occupational Physician who has worked across the UK, including mission and humanitarian aid organisations. For 17 years she was Executive Editor of the remote learning MSc programme for Occupational Medicine at Manchester University. Her part-time theology studies reflected mission interest and research into mental health and Christian identity. She is a voluntary…
Originally from New York, Wayne came to Christ at university while studying ocean engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey. Following a short stretch with the US Department of Defense in Washington, D.C., Wayne moved to Scotland in 1991 to work with students and youth at Carrubbers Christian Centre in Edinburgh. At…