Faculty

One of the key distinctives of Edinburgh Bible College is that the teaching will be done, not by professional academics but by practitioners, men and women who are, on a day-to-day basis, engaged in a range of ministries. This keeps our training grounded in reality and also provides great role models for those we are equipping for ministry.

Gillian Glancy

Graduated with a Licentiate in Theology in 2020. From childhood I attended church but I didn’t come to saving faith until I was about 40 years old. These days my service to God involves autism families, like my own. The God who comforted me brought others to me who needed comfort (2 Corinthians 1:4). God…

Adam Urban (Poland)

Graduated with a Diploma in Theology in June 2016 Serves as Auxiliary Pastor of The Church of Evangelical Christians, Siedlce, Poland The time I spent in EBC was the most shaping, challenging and developing time in my life. If someone asked me about EBC I would say something like this: If you want to know…

Joe Monagas (USA)

Graduated from EBC’s School for Preachers in June 2015 Joe serves as an Elder at Tottenville Evangelical Free Church in Staten Island New York. He lives with his wife Gloria and their children in Old Bridge New Jersey   U. S. A

John Verdi (USA)

Graduated from EBC’s School for Preachers in June 2015 I am a pastor at Sonship Ministries, a church  in Brooklyn, New York. I cannot begin to tell you how EBC has changed the way I preach and teach.  Before taking this on-line course, I would use commentaries to put together my sermons. I believe God…

Paul McManus (N Ireland)

Graduated with a Diploma in Biblical Exposition in June 2016 The EBC course allowed me to study at my own pace and at a distance. This was important as I live in Northern Ireland and because of my more mature years. I had previously gained a Diploma in Expository Preaching under John Brand’s teaching and knew…

Gordon McBirnie (Scotland)

Graduated with a Diploma in Biblical Exposition in June 2016. I am the youth worker at Craiglockhart Parish Church in Edinburgh.  I did most of my course by distance learning, doing the work at my own pace, which I really appreciated. I feel I have a greater understanding of the Bible and theology and I…

Naomi Entwistle (Scotland)

Graduated with a Diploma in Theology in 2017 I live in Edinburgh with my husband and two daughters.  I took a year out of my training as a junior doctor to do a diploma in theology at EBC, initially “in person”, and then finishing online: I really appreciated the flexibility of EBC’s approach to learning. …

Joshua Truesdale (N Ireland)

Graduated with a Diploma in Applied Theology in 2019 I grew up in the countryside of County Down, Northern Ireland, in a family who knew and loved God. With a combination of their faithfulness, children’s meetings and other services, and the grace of God, I came to a saving faith in Christ as a child.…

Gavin Dickson (Scotland)

Graduated with a Diploma in Theology in 2015 and a Licentiate in Theology in 2020. I was sent to Bible College by SASRA (Soldiers’ Airmen’s Scripture Readers Association),  which is an evangelistic ministry working behind the wire with the army. My role as Garrison’s Scripture Reader in Catterick, N England, sees me entering 9 camps…

Rachel Strawbridge (Scotland)

Graduated with a Diploma in Theology in June 2015 I’m Rachel, I’m from the blustery Shetland Islands, and when I started at EBC I had just turned 19. I had hoped to be at University studying nursing but God had a different plan. I had always wanted to study the Bible in some capacity, whether…

Jamie Gallacher

Graduated with a Diploma in Expository Preaching (Hons) in 2017 and a Licentiate in Theology in 2020 As of the last update I am now back in Scotland, having spent 2 years in London as a Pastor in training, facilitated by my Diploma in Expository Preaching (Hons) from EBC. On returning to Scotland I enrolled…

Mr Nigel Kenny LLB, DipLP

Nigel is Scotland Officer for The Christian Institute and prior to that practised law for twenty years. He is married to Anne and they have two children. Nigel came to faith in Christ shortly before leaving school and as a student benefited greatly from the preaching of Eric Alexander at the Tron Church in Glasgow.…

Mr Mark Forshaw MA, BSc Hons. MRAS

Now living in Pennsylvania USA, Mark is originally from Liverpool, England and for most of his career has worked globally in Christian mission and community non-profits in four continents. This includes service with United Bible Societies, Africa Inland Mission, the World Health Organization and Tearfund UK. He has published on the subject of Christian responses…

Rev John Brand DipTh (Hons) Principal

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 Liverpool,…

Rev David Andrew BD (Hons), Cert.TESOL

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…

Mrs Lynn Cooke BA (Hons), PGCE, MDiv

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…