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EBC is governed by and accountable to local churches through our Board of Directors which is made up of leaders of evangelical churches and others with necessary gifts and experience.

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…

Pastor Greig Ferguson BA (Hons) History, BA (Hons) Theology

Greig is the Pastor of Yoker Evangelical Church in Glasgow, he is married to Jillian and they have three children.  He came to faith while studying History at Strathclyde University.  After university Greig served as the Youth and Outreach Worker at Allander Evangelical Church for four years before moving to London to study at Oak Hill College.  In 2016,…

Pastor John Brand DipTh (Hons) Principal

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…

Dr Adrian Holdsworth CPhys, MInstP, PhD, MDiv

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…

Pastor David Childs DipHE, MA

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…

Prof Steve Taylor B.Sc, ACGI, MEng PhD, C.Eng, FIEE, FInstPhys DSc DIC

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…

Rev Andy Longwe BTh, MTh

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.…

Dr Adele Pilkington MBBS MSc FFOM MRCGP DDAM DMS BA(Hons)Th MTh

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…