We have seminar venues around the UK, and offer daytime and evening online seminar options for those not in reach of a physical venue.
Belfast
When?
Thursdays 7-9pm
Next intake: September 2026
Location
Union Theological College ↗
108 Botanic Avenue, Belfast, BT7 1JT
tutors
Andrew Collins is Director of Counselling Ministry at BCUK. He has spent many years working as a consultant psychiatrist in Belfast alongside part-time work providing biblical counselling. He is married with five children and is elder at his church in Portadown, Northern Ireland.
Tim Huey works as a General Practitioner and has been involved in biblical counselling since 2013. He has studied with CCEF and provides training and teaching on mental health and pastoral care issues. He is married with four children and serves as an elder in Whiteabbey Presbyterian Church.
Exeter
When?
Mondays 7-9pm
Next intake: September 2026
Location
St Thomas Baptist Church ↗
Dorset Avenue, Exeter EX4 1LZ
tutors
Sophie Gower is is a teacher and pastoral worker. She has a degree in theology and is a mentor on the BCUK Intern Scheme. She is part of the steering team for the Devon regional biblical counselling local interest group. She has taught in both church and secular contexts, in both the UK (with UCCF, and as a church-based women’s worker) and overseas (with IFES). She is married and is part of a local church family near her home in Devon.
Jane Davies trained as a nurse and worked in palliative care before having children. She studied online with CCEF and completed the BCUK 2-year intern scheme in 2021, and is on the steering committee for her local biblical counselling interest group. She is involved in pastoral care in her church, and meets with people there, and from other local churches, as a biblical counsellor.
Scotland Online
When?
Tuesdays 7-9pm
Next intake: September 2026
For students living in Scotland
Location
Seminars take place on Zoom
tutors
David Armstrong is an elder at Christ Church Queensferry in Edinburgh. He has completed extensive training with CCEF and also a biblical studies course at Cornhill Scotland. He counsels at New Growth Counselling.
Louise MacMillan is a counsellor with New Growth Counselling. She has completed all three CCEF certificates and also studied theology. She counsels, disciples and provides training for church groups on pastoral care. She also teaches Biblical Counselling at Edinburgh Theological Seminary.
Becci Bitsios-Esposito has completed the BCUK Certificate Programme and is training for an accredited counselling qualification. She has a background in advice and advocacy and is currently involved in her family’s business, raising three young children, and informal ministry in her local church.
Liverpool
When?
Wednesdays 7-9pm
Next intake: September 2026
Location
12-14 Gildart Street↗
Liverpool, L3 8ET
tutors
Ste and Jane Casey are currently serving at Speke Baptist Church, Liverpool, which is seeking to reach out to the large council estate where they live. Ste and Jane have been studying counselling with CCEF since 2008, and Ste has served as a pastoral intern with CCEF in Philadelphia, PA. They have three grown up and three school-age children.
London
When?
Tuesdays 7-9pm
Next intake: September 2026
Location
Oak Hill College ↗
Chase Side, Southgate, London N14 4PS
tutors
Steve Midgley is the Executive Director of Biblical Counselling UK. Until 2022 Steve was the Senior Minister of Christ Church Cambridge where he continues to have a part-time ministry role. Steve is a board member of CCEF and of the Biblical Counseling Coalition. He trained in psychiatry before being ordained.
Andrew Nicholls is Director of Pastoral Care at Oak Hill College. Formerly a medical doctor and then a pastor for 15 years, Andrew is married to Hilary and they have two teenage sons.
Derby
When?
Thursdays 10am-12pm
Next intake: September 2026
Location
St Giles’ Church, Derby ↗
Village Street, Normanton, Derby DE23 8DE
tutor
Eleanor Godwin trained as a GP before leaving the NHS to concentrate on being a mum. She has completed BCUK’s Certificate Programme and a 2-year BCUK Internship at St Giles Church in Derby, where she still volunteers as a Pastoral Worker part-time. She also works privately as a biblical counsellor in the East Midlands and serves as a mentor on the BCUK Intern Scheme.
Sheffield
When?
Tuesdays 7-9pm
Next intake: September 2026
Location
Christ Church Central ↗
The DQ Centre, Fitzwilliam Street, Sheffield City Centre, S1 4JR
tutors
Kenny Larsen is the Associate Pastor at Christ Church Walkley, Sheffield, with a focus on pastoral care and discipleship. He studied theology at Oak Hill College before undertaking more specialised training with Biblical Counselling UK and CCEF.
Sonia Crossley was training in psychiatry in Sheffield before she and Jim had their family. Encountering complex pastoral situations led her to pursue CCEF studies, an internship with BCUK and establishing a counselling ministry in her church. Jim’s switch from medicine to ministry means he is now vicar in a new church with different needs, and Sonia does more informal conversational ministry here and supports other budding biblical counsellors in the area.
Becci Bitsios-Esposito has completed the BCUK Certificate Programme and is training for an accredited counselling qualification. She has a background in advice and advocacy and is currently involved in her family’s business, raising three young children, and informal ministry in her local church.
Online Seminars
When?
Tuesdays 7-9pm
Thursdays 10am-12pm
Thursdays 1-3pm
Next intake: September 2026
Location
Seminars take place on Zoom
tutors
Helen Thorne-Allenson is Director of Training and Resources at BCUK. An experienced speaker, counsellor and author, she has completed CCEF’s certificate courses and holds an MA in Applied Theology.
Emily Agnew is the Pastoral Care Co-ordinator and PA to the Vicar at St Peter’s, Harold Wood, Essex. She has completed the BCUK Certificate Programme and Intern Scheme.
Tim Berry is the Pastor at New Life Community Church in Loughborough. He studied online with CCEF between 2015 and 2022.
Kerstin Bowsher has studied the BCUK Certificate Programme and has completed the church-based internship. She has extensive experience of pastoral work, training, and writing. She is starting to grow a biblical counselling ministry in South Wales and is one of the founder members of the South Wales friends of BCUK group.
Nicola Eggertsen is Training and Resources Assistant at BCUK. A Certificate Programme graduate, she has a Soul Care practice in Trowbridge and is doing further study with the Association of Biblical Counsellors.
Helen Morrow lives in the West Midlands and is the Assistant Pastor of her local church with responsibility for women and young people. She has studied the BCUK Certificate Programme, has a diploma from Oak Hill, and has many years experience in youth and children’s ministry, and pastoral care. And has very lively collie.
Mark Ventham is one of the pastors of Christ Church Haywards Heath in Sussex, where he has served since 2009. Previously Mark was studying at Oak Hill Theological college and prior to this he was an Assistant Pastor for seven years for a church in Warwickshire.
Ros Ventham works alongside her husband Mark in gospel ministry in Haywards Heath, and is Mum to two sporty teenage boys. She’s previously been a secondary school maths teacher and a school’s worker.
