Servant Leadership
Buckle up! People are watching you. If they follow you, you’re leading. Who will they become? What will they do? This module explores biblical material on roles and purposes of leadership in the local church. It may also help with your nieces, neighbours, Boys Brigade and book club. We will explore biblical material on leading and following, the qualifications for eldership and practical tasks of mentoring & leadership.
This short module will run over nine Thursday mornings, beginning on April 28th, in a series of virtual classrooms held over zoom. These studies are open to anyone, anywhere, and can be audited or studied to gain study credits.
Tutor: Dr Adrian Holdsworth
Dates: 28th April to 30th June (no class on 26th May)
Time: 9.30 – 10.30am
Cost: £45, payable on registration
Registration: here
The Atonement
The atonement is the crucial doctrine of the faith. Unless we are right here it matters little, or so it seems to me, what we are like elsewhere
Leon Morris
Over nine Tuesday mornings, beginning on April 26th, in a series of virtual classrooms held over zoom, we will be studying the Scriptural teaching on this most vital of all doctrines.
Led by our Principal, Rev John Brand, these studies are open to anyone, anywhere, and can be audited or studied to gain study credits.
Dates: 26th April to 22nd June (no class on 24th May)
Time: 11.00am – 1.00pm
Cost: £90, payable on registration
Registration: here
Psalm 46
Recently, Rev Andy Longwe, a member of Edinburgh Bible College’s Board of Trustee, preached a powerful and timely sermon on Psalm 46 at College devotions. Since it is deserving of a much wider audience, with Andy’s permission, I commend the message to you. Andy is a Minister of the Free Church of Scotland and recently moved to London to become minister of their London City Presbyterian Church congregation.
School For Preachers
EBC Principal, Pastor John Brand, writes, “This morning I had the great joy and privilege of leading the first in a series of seminars on preaching for this group of men who hail from the north of Scotland, the south of England and several places in between. What a delight!” If you would be interested in joining this monthly online seminar, let us know.
School For Preachers
Starting on Saturday 29th January, EBC’s Principal is running a monthly zoom based School for Preachers, at the request of the leaders of Dovecot Evangelical Church in Liverpool. But this is open to anyone, anywhere, who would like to become better equipped for the work of preaching God’s Word.
Held over 12 Saturdays, the first session is completely FREE, and thereafter the cost is £15 per month or £150 if paid in advance.
There will be a mixture of teaching, discussion and questions and answers and more detail can be found in this leaflet or by emailing john.brand@edinburghbiblecollege.co.uk
Free Book!
We want to give a free book to everyone who joins our Friends of EBC programme.
As a Friend of EBC, you would give a monthly contribution of £10 or more to help us cover our core costs. In return, we would send you regular updates about how this support helps us move forward in providing quality training for God’s people. By joining Friends of EBC you can play an important part in helping us equip the next generation of church leaders.
More details here or from friends@edinburghbiblecollege.co.uk
New Board Member
At the quarterly meeting of our Board of Directors, today, followed by the AGM, we were delighted to welcome a new Board member, Dr Adele Pilkington.
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 drugs educator for Hope UK and pro-life groups, part of the PRIME tutor network, anti-trafficking groups and a Board of Reference member for the Scottish Council of Human Bioethics.
We are so grateful to Adele and all of our Board members who give of their time and experience so freely to support and advance the work of the College. You can find out who is on the Board here.
Expository Preaching
The faithful and passionate preaching and teaching of Scripture is at the heart of everything the EBC student is trained for.
In this 18 week course, two hours per week, EBC’s Principal, Pastor John Brand, will guide you through the process of preparing and preaching or teaching a message based on a passage of Scripture. Even with more than 40 years’ experience of preaching and many years of training preachers, he can’t make anyone a preacher, but we can help you develop a gift that God has given you.
(There are nine classes in the Spring term which starts mid-January, and nine between Easter and summer.)
Dates (Spring term):
(Thursdays from 11.00am – 1.00pm)
January 20th
January 27th
February 3rd
February 10th
February 24th
March 3rd
March 10th
March 17th
March 24th
Cost and Registration:
The cost for the course is £90 (per term; £180 for the whole course) and registration and pre-payment are necessary. You can register here.
If you have any questions or would like more information, please email us at info@edinburghbiblecollege.co.uk
John’s Gospel
The fourth gospel is the subject of a series of nine one-hour classes, starting in mid-January, we will study the fourth gospel. Dealing briefly with introductory issues of authorship, date, recipients and purpose, and identifying the structure and themes of John’s Gospel, the majority of the course is spent in detailed expositions of selected passages from John’s Gospel with an emphasis on developing exegetical skills and the ability to move from text to biblical talk or sermon.
Lecturer: Rev Dr Thorsten Prill, EBC’s Vice- Principal
Dates:
(Thursdays from 9.30 – 10.30am)
January 20th
January 27th
February 3rd
February 10th
February 24th
March 3rd
March 10th
March 17th
March 24th
Cost and Registration:
The cost for the course is £45 and registration and pre-payment are necessary. You can register here.
If you have any questions or would like more information, please email us at info@edinburghbiblecollege.co.uk