Our Team
Mark Stirling
Director
Mark Stirling is a former medical doctor who pioneered work amongst university students with the Navigators in Edinburgh from 1998 to 2004. In 2007 he completed an MA in Exegetical Theology at Covenant Seminary in St Louis and in 2011 gained a PhD in Biblical Studies from St Andrews University, his thesis examining issues of discipleship and maturity in Ephesians. He and his wife Jenny recently moved to the Highlands from St Andrews, where they had been involved in leading a new church (Cornerstone St Andrews) and developing the work of Chalmers Institute, seeking to see God’s people equipped with the necessary theological tools for discipleship and mission. The move to the Highlands is to facilitate a growing partnership between Chalmers and Highland Theological College.
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Becky Stojanovic
Administrator
Becky Stojanovic has undertaken the administrative role at the Chalmers Institute since Autumn 2021. Becky lives in St. Andrews and has been blessed to be a part of Chalmers Institute’s Learning Community for many years. She has a MA in International Development from the University of Bath and she brings experience from her previous work with NGO’s in the UK and overseas.
Becky and her husband Tim serve as elders at Cornerstone Church in St. Andrews. They have three children.
Nick Mackison
Chalmers Fellow
Nick Mackison lives in Glasgow with his wife, Sharon and three children, Zach, Alexa and Eve. He has attended Govan Free Church since it was planted in 2014 and has served the church in an unordained capacity, providing pastoral care and teaching. After 13 years as a Maths teacher, Nick felt God’s call to pursue theological training and enrolled in Edinburgh Theological Seminary (ETS) in 2015. Since graduating in 2018, he has continued to serve in Govan while teaching a Saturday class on theology for ETS. Now he has joined the Chalmers Institute as a fellow with plans to pursue further studies in New Testament Theology.
Adrian Holdsworth
Chalmers Fellow
Adrian earned an MDiv at Moody Theological Seminary (2010) following a career in laser physics. He has enjoyed both church and educational leadership roles where his gifts are joyfully deployed equipping servant-leaders and enabling life-giving ministry apprenticeships.
Adrian is an MPhil/PhD candidate at London School of Theology, with a research interest in virtue education within theological education.
He lives in St Andrews with his wife Heather.
Sam Norman
Chalmers Fellow
Samuel Norman is a PhD candidate at the University of St Andrews looking at theodicy and the problem of evil, having studied an MLitt in Analytic and Exegetical Theology in 2023, also at St Andrews. Previously, he has worked both in New Zealand and Canada with an international Charity, seeking to develop the next generation of leaders through discipleship, theological education and mission. Samuel is married to Bekah and they live near St Andrews, Scotland.
Sam is co-leading the Reading Group this semester.
Hamish Stirling
Chalmers Fellow
Hamish Stirling is a PhD candidate in Divinity at St Andrews University, looking at the political theology of Reinhold Niebuhr. Hamish, his wife Hilary, and their two daughters live outside of St Andrews and are members of Cornerstone Church.
Hamish is co-leading the Reading Group this semester.
Angus Moyes
Chalmers fellow
Angus is a PhD candidate in systematic theology at the University of Edinburgh, researching human origins and the doctrine of original sin, with particular focus on the apologetic method of the Scottish theologian James Orr (1844–1913). He lectures in theology and ministry at the Faith Mission Bible College in Edinburgh, which exists to raise up evangelistically minded gospel workers for the church and mission field. Angus previously worked with UCCF’s Theology Network and with Scripture Union Scotland. He lives near Edinburgh with his wife Jude and their four children.
Duncan Mckellar
chalmers fellow
Duncan is undertaking a PhD examining the relationship between faith and rationality, informed by the work of Alvin Plantinga and Thomas Reid. In particular, he is interested in how someone with a reformed understanding of faith could respond to an objection based on religious diversity. Prior to this Duncan completed a masters in philosophical theology, which followed five years working as an economics consultant, and two years as a ministry apprentice at church in London.
Ruth Smart
Chalmers fellow
Ruth lives in Edinburgh with her husband Martin and their three children. They are members of St Mungo’s Church, Balerno, where they serve as Housegroup leaders. Ruth has a background in Primary Teaching and Children’s Ministry, and particularly loves helping kids and adults explore and deepen their understanding of the Bible. After graduating with a BA (Hons) in Theological Studies from Highland Theological College in 2025, she is now embarking on a PhD in New Testament studies at HTC, looking at salvation and eschatology in 1 Peter.
Ben Fiddian
chalmers fellow
Ben is a PhD candidate at St Andrews University, studying the way theologians are appropriating the thought of the Canadian philosopher Charles Taylor. He has a Graduate Diploma and an MTh in Theology from Wales Evangelical School of Theology (now Union School of Theology) as well as a BSc in Genetics from the dim and distant past. He lives in St Andrews with his family and two dogs.
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