Faculty

B.A. (M.A.), PGCE, BA, PhD Keith Ferdinando taught in African Bible schools for many years, principally in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda. Since returning to the UK he has been involved in pastoral ministry and also teaches as a visiting lecturer in evangelical Bible colleges in England and Wales. He lives in north London and is a member and elder of All Nations Church in Barkingside.

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 whole Bible provides the whole truth.” A decade in editorial journalism with multinational engineering companies gradually fused with Christian ministry as…

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 the opportunity in 1993 to go to Westminster Seminary in Philadelphia, where she graduated with a Master of Divinity in 1996.…

DipTh, BD (Hons), PhD 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 and enjoyed a glorious year in European Bible Institute, near Paris. On their return to his home country he entered the…

LLB (Hons), DipTh (Hons), MTh 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 questions and doubts of fellow students, which needed to be answered; while also wrestling with what it meant to be…

BA, BD 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 by playing football with his children.

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. He understood what it meant that Jesus had died on the cross for him and that he was saved by God’s grace alone. Thorsten and…

MA, Dip Th 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 in January 2018. He also serves in Prison Fellowship Ministry at Shotts Prison.

CPhys, MInstP, PhD, MDiv Vice-Chairman of Board of Directors Adrian’s transition from laser engineer (Heriot-Watt University, PhD, 2000) to theological educator began in 2004 when the church elders commissioned him and Heather to full time ministry training (The Faith Mission Bible College, DipTh, 2006, and Moody Theological Seminary, MDiv, 2010). The Lord has blessed him with the joy of serving through ecclesial and educational leadership in Scotland, and opportunities to grow as a teacher and disciple-maker (London School of Theology,…

MA(SFD), BEd(Hons), DipTh Heather’s interest is in the Spiritual Formation for people of all ages. She is a Bible teacher, lecturer, artist and unexpected author. She graduated from Edinburgh with a degree in education and taught in various schools with an emphasis on emotional and behavioural disorders in young people.  In 2005, whilst living in Cambridge, Heather and her husband, Adrian were challenged to make a transition to full-time ministry. A two year diploma in Practical Theology at The Faith Mission Bible…

MA 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 biosecurity consultancy. Along with his passion for the natural world, he also has a love for theology and exploring the connections between faith and…

BA, PGCE Tony is a missionary / evangelist to those caught in New Religious Movements, especially Jehovah’s Witnesses and Mormons. As a former JW, he is keen to help Christians share the truth in love with those trapped in falsehood. He works with Reachout Trust and is a member of the Association of Evangelists. He has served as co-Pastor of Sunbridge Road Mission in Bradford and before that was a Teacher of Religious Education and School Chaplain Tony is married…

BEng, MDiv 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 the “Heart of the Royal Mile” Carrubbers is a growing and developing church community with a vision to see lives transformed by the…