EBC Is Looking For Friends

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Don’t get us wrong!  We have many friends and those who support us by prayer and finance, but we are looking for more folk to support us by joining our Friends of EBC scheme.    Our income from students’ tuition fees makes up just less than 50% of our overall running costs and so we look to the Lord’s people to sustain and grow the work. For less than the price of a weekly coffee in your local coffee shop you could make a significant investment in the work of the kingdom as we work to serve local churches and equip the Lord’s people for ministry and godly living.

Some of our Friends of EBC very generously give more, but what we ask is  that Friends give a minimum of £10 a month and in return, most months, we will send you news of the College and how your prayers and giving are helping us continue to serve churches and equip Christians.

Please would you consider becoming a Friend of EBC, or even ask your church to add us to their list of Christian organisations they support financially on a regular basis.  One church in Fife has just committed to doing that and we are hugely grateful.  If you would like more information, email us at friends@edinburghbiblecollege.co.uk or just set up a Direct Debit with your bank using these details:

  • Account Name: Edinburgh Bible College
  • Sort Code: 089299
  • Account Number: 65579738

Thank you and the Lord bless you richly!

Autumn Term at EBC

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We are eagerly looking forward to the start of our new College year in just two weeks’ time – on Monday 29th September.   We have a strong programme of modules which, because they are all held over zoom, are accessible to ANYONE, ANYWHERE.  We are looking forward to welcoming a group of new students joining our continuing students, both regular zoomers and those studying for one of our awards, such as the Diploma in Applied Theology,

We have had to reschedule The Pastorals module to the Spring because of our lecturer having some health problems, and in its place have moved the Apologetics module from Tuesdays to Wednesdays.

Unlike most Colleges we know, we don’t have an early cut off date for enrolling for studies so it’s not too late even now to sign up for one or more of our modules, or apply for one of our more intensive courses.  All the available modules are detailed on the NEWS page of this site.

 

Apologetics and Public Theology

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This course, taught by Steve Osmond of Solas, explores the questions, doubts and thinking of contemporary culture, in order to enable you to reasonably defend the Christian faith, and engage in persuasive evangelism using apologetics.  The course also seeks to challenge your thinking in order to strengthen your faith.  As a result of studying this discipline, you will be in a better place to understand modern secular culture and its worldviews, to critique the arguments used against Christianity, in order to show the superiority of the Christian worldview and to understand the shift required in apologetics, given the contemporary cultural mood.

Full course details are available here, and the course will be run over 10 Wednesday mornings between 11.00 and 1.00, starting on 1st October 2025.  The course will be held over zoom so that WHOEVER your are and WHEREVER you are, you can take part and benefit.

There are two ways to get involved:

  • You can audit the course – simply taking part, enjoying the teaching and online fellowship, and benefitting from notes and materials.  Cost is £140
  • You can submit assessments – completing an assignment for marking and gaining EBC study credits.  Cost is £200

Please note that fees must be paid in advance. Registration is essential and can be done here

If you have any questions or want more information, please email info@edinburghbiblecollege.co.uk

 

Prayer

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If there is one area of the Christian life where it seems every single believer admits to needing help, then it must be in the area of prayer.  This nine-week module on prayer, led by Dr Sandy Roger, will look at the biblical teaching and importance of prayer in relation to personal spiritual development and pastoral ministry.

The course will be run over 9 Wednesday mornings between 9.30 and 10.30, starting on 1st October 2025, and will be held over zoom so that WHOEVER your are and WHEREVER you are, you can take part and benefit.

There are two ways to get involved:

  • You can audit the course – simply taking part, enjoying the teaching and online fellowship, and benefitting from notes and materials.  Cost is £70
  • You can submit assessments – completing an assignment for marking and gaining EBC study credits.  Cost is £100

Please note that fees must be paid in advance. Registration is essential and can be done here.

You can download a Module Description here

If you have any questions or want more information, please email info@edinburghbiblecollege.co.uk

 

Expository Preaching

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In this 30 week course which runs throughout the College year, EBC’s Principal, John Brand, will guide you through the process of preparing to preach or teach a message based on a passage of Scripture. John has been preaching for 50 years and for about half of that time has also been involved in training preachers in UK, Sudan, South Sudan and Poland.  He can’t make anyone a preacher, but with God’s help he can make you a better preacher and further develop a gift that God has given you.  The principles taught in this class not only apply to ‘pulpit preaching’ but also to teaching a Bible study or some other context pf communicating the truth of God’s Word

The course will run on Tuesday evenings between 7 and 9pm over zoom, and as well as interactive classroom sessions there will be opportunities for one to one mentoring by John.

The course starts on Tuesday 30th September 2025 and specific dates for the whole course and other information is available here.

The cost for the year long course is £600 (3 terms at £200) and fees must be paid at least one term in advance. If you just want to audit the course and not complete assignments etc, the cost is £450 (3 terms at £150).

Registration is essential and can be done here.

If you have any questions or want more information, please email info@edinburghbiblecollege.co.uk

Hermeneutics (Bible Interpretation)

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Biblical Hermeneutics, or Bible Interpretation, may not sound the most fun or exciting subject to study but among comments made by previous students are:

  • “I now understand the Bible so much better than I used to”
  • “even in my own devotions I am getting more out of my Bible than before”

In this module we’ll give you the tools to correctly understand and apply the teaching of any part of God’s Word, and it also provides the necessary foundation for teaching or preaching the Bible.  We promise you that it is not as dull as you might at first think! Our Principal reckons it’s one of his very favourite subjects. When Paul tells Timothy to be an unashamed workman, “rightly handling the word of truth” (2 Timothy 15), he is, by implication, highlighting the fact that there are incorrect ways of handling the Scriptures. This important course will keep you right.

Over 30 Wednesday afternoons through the College year, starting on 1st October 2025, our Principal, John Brand, will introduce you to the ‘Golden Rules’ of interpreting the Bible and give you the ‘tools’ necessary to rightly handle the word of truth.  This course would be of immense value, not only to those who are preparing to teach or preach God’s Word but, indeed, to all believers who want to get more out of their Bibles.

You can audit the course – simply taking part, enjoying the teaching and online fellowship, and benefitting from lots of notes and materials, or you can submit assessments – completing an assignment for marking and gaining EBC study credits.

For auditing, the cost for the whole year-long course is £450; for assessments it is £600. This amount can be paid in three termly instalments.

You can download a Module Description here.  Registration is essential and can be done here.

For more information, please email info@edinburghbiblecollege.co.uk

Acts

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Some people think the Bible is boring! They have clearly never read Acts. The growth and expansion of the early church as recorded in the book of Acts is nothing less than spectacular. In the space of little more than 30 years the church grew from 120 frightened believers in Jerusalem to tens of thousands of them all over the known world. What were the secrets of their success and what can we learn from them today?

Join us on 10 Tuesday mornings, from 9.30 – 10.30, starting on 30th September 2025, through the autumn for an exciting journey of discovery, as we read of how the 1st century church turned the world upside down (Acts 17:6) and what lessons there are for the 21st century church. Your tour guide is EBC’s Principal,  John Brand

There are two ways to get involved:

  • You can audit the course – simply taking part, enjoying the teaching and online fellowship, and benefitting from lots of notes and materials
  • you can submit assessments – completing an assignment for marking and gaining EBC study credits

Please note that fees must be paid in advance. Registration is essential and can be done here.

You can download a Module Description: here

If you have any questions or want more information, please email info@edinburghbiblecollege.co.uk

Scottish Church History

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The record of Scottish Church History is truly remarkable and Paul James-Griffiths, of Christian Heritage Edinburgh, is passionate and knowledgeable about his subject and wonderfully gifted in bringing it alive.  Indeed, Paul has a book on the subject due for publication in Spring 2026. 

This course covers Scottish church history from the beginning, when the first Christians came to this nation, until the present day. The course is divided into sections: Early Christianity; the Medieval Period; the Reformation; the Covenanters; the Enlightenment Period; the Nineteenth Century Awakening; the Twentieth Century; and the Twenty-first Century.  More details available here.

The course runs over 10 Monday mornings, from 11.00am – 1.00pm, starting on 29th September 2025, and there are two ways to get involved:

  • You can audit the course – simply taking part, enjoying the teaching and online fellowship, and benefitting from lots of notes and materials.  Cost is £140
  • You can submit assessments – completing an assignment for marking and gaining EBC study credits.  Cost is £200

Please note that fees must be paid in advance.  Registration is essential and can be done here

If you have any questions or want more information, please email info@edinburghbiblecollege.co.uk

Can you help us?

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Our website is, in many ways, the shop window for the College.   Other than through personal recommendation, it’s the way most folk find out about us when they go online to find study options.  Everyone tells us that the website is good, professional and user friendly.  We are also being told – and we are convinced it’s true – that we could significantly increase traffic to the site, and therefore potential students, if we greatly improved our SEO – Search Engine Optimization.  The problem is that we need technical advice and help to do that and it’s not cheap.  Believe us, we’ve looked!

And then we thought – surely, there is someone out there – or someone who knows someone – who could help us; someone who could teach us what to do and how to do it, or who could take this on as a labour of love for the Lord and the Kingdom.    In return, we would gladly offer some free tuition.

If you could help us, please contact our Vice Principal, Ramone McKenzie: ramone@edinburghbiblecollege.co.uk