We are delighted to welcome Rev Gareth Burke to our growing team of Adjunct Lecturers.  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.

Gareth grew up in Belfast and came to faith in Christ during his teenage years. After obtaining a degree in  Modern History from Queen’s University Belfast he studied theology at the Free Church College, Edinburgh. He was ordained in 1984 and has ministered in three congregations of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church, all in Belfast, N Ireland. He is currently Minister of Stranmillis Evangelical Presbyterian Church where he has served for more than 20 years. Married to Ruth, who is from Scotland, they have been blessed with four children and twelve grandchildren.