All of us here at The Good Book Company are passionate about the Lord Jesus, his word, his church and his gospel of grace. Motivated by this passion and our involvement in local churches, it is our privilege to produce biblical, relevant and accessible resources that will encourage you and your church family to keep going, keep growing and keep sharing your faith.
As an international Christian publisher, our Bible studies, books, devotionals, videos, tracts, evangelistic courses and training materials are used throughout the English-speaking world, and in translation to over 35 languages worldwide.
The Good Book Company started in 1991, and has grown to be an international provider of Christian resources, with offices in South-West London, UK, and in Charlotte, USA, as well as partner offices in Sydney, Australia and Christ Church, New Zealand. We're a diverse collection of believers with Anglican, Baptist, Presbyterian, Congregational and Free Church backgrounds who are united in our aim to support and encourage the spread of the gospel by providing resources that help Christians grow in their understanding and love of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Tim founded TGBC in 1991. Today his role includes working on editorial projects, managing the rights team and many other aspects of company development. Tim is part of a church-planting team leading Grace Church, New Malden in south-west London. He is married to Kathy and has three adult daughters.
James oversees marketing, sales and customer service as well as leading our wonderful (and rapidly growing) US team. He was an early adopter of Zoom and is the current record holder for most meetings attended in a single week! Before joining TGBC he spent time in Chile and Japan teaching English before becoming a fundraiser for Great Ormond Street Hospital. He is the senior elder at Grace Church Worcester Park.
Carl is Editorial Director at The Good Book Company and serves as an elder at Grace Church Worcester Park, London. He is he author of several books, including the bestselling The Garden, the Curtain, and the Cross. Carl studied Modern History at Oxford University, and prior to joining TGBC in 2010 worked as a journalist and pastored a congregation in Hull.
Kathy has been part of The Good Book Company since it appeared in her living room in 1991. Having put her legal training on hold while having a family, Kathy took on the role of looking after the accounts at The Good Book Company. Over the years her role has grown from part-time bookkeeper to Financial Director. After 30 years with The Good Book Company, Kathy remains cautiously optimistic.
Tom has been addicted to the joys of bulk buying, strategy games and computers since his teenage years. Since 1999 when he first joined, these addictions have been more fruitfully channelled into Kingdom building work in helping us properly harness modern technology and benefit from the global marketplace.
André oversees the Design dept of The Good Book Company, working on most of the resources TGBC produces and art-directing the illustrated children’s titles. André lives in London with his wife Sarah, their four children and a hyperactive dog. He is a member of Holy Trinity Clapham.
Rachel Jones is the author of "Is This It?", "A Brief Theology of Periods" and many of the award-winning "Five Things to Pray" series. She is also a senior editor working with authors on a wide variety of projects. She's a member of King's Church Chessington, where she's involved in children's work. Rachel studied History at Manchester University before joining TGBC in 2013.
Katy works on a wide variety of projects, from rhyming children’s books to adult Bible studies, and is also the author of the children’s book "The Promise and the Light". Before she came to TGBC she worked in a school chaplaincy team, and she’s now involved with youth work at her local church. Katy lives in Chessington but enjoys escaping the suburbs for long countryside walks.
Despite being born in the UK, Tom supports Australia in sporting achievements, having spent most of his youth in Sydney. He currently works on shipping pallets around the world, keeping our website accurate and editing ebooks. He is the only committed PC user in the company (which he is quietly humble about). Tom attends Dundonald Church in Raynes Park with his wife Katie and their daughter Jessica.
Richard brings a wealth of experience and a wonderful aura of calmness to our busy printing buying department. He lives in Weybridge where he attends Wey Christian Fellowship and is active on the leadership team. He is married to Grace and has two lovely children. He is not related to the 'worst man in the world' in any known way.
Following a degree in Archaeology and Anthropology, Alexa worked at several London advertising agencies and at the BBC. Now her branding, messaging and design management skills are being put to good use at TGBC. Alexa is married to James and they have two children.
Emily Robertson has been at The Good Book Company since 2007 performing various tasks on the marketing team. Her current position co-ordinates email marketing. She is married to Dave, has two lively daughters and attends Emmanuel Epsom, a fledgling church plant of Chessington Evangelical Church.
Nic’s interest in computers began when he was introduced to video games as a child. His work involves programming, a bit of technical support, and anything else IT related. He also has a passion for music, and was part of the National Concert Band of the Air Training Corps as a teenager. He is part of the new church plant, Emmanuel Epsom.
Jackie uses her superhuman administration skills to keep all our publishing processes on track. She also frequently brings the UK office vital supplies of baked goods to keep energy levels high! She is involved in various ministries at Cornerstone Church in Kingston and her new favourite pastime is seeing her grandchildren.
Ben works on various marketing campaigns and catalogues, as well as designing covers for titles such as John Piper’s "Living in the Light". He is married with three children and a member of Kings Church Kingston (part of the Newfrontiers network).
As well as proof-reading all TGBC titles, Anne edits Bible-study resources by authors such as Tim Chester and Jason Helopoulos. She’s married to Pete, one of the pastors of Cornerstone Church, Kingston.
Since joining TGBC in 2000, Alison has worked on a huge variety of titles including the Christianity Explored range and many of our children’s series. She is the author of the award-winning books "The One O’Clock Miracle" and "Jesus and the Lions’ Den". Alison is a member of Cornerstone Church, Kingston.
Despite being born in the UK, Elizabeth is fascinated by other languages and cultures. She studied modern languages and linguistics at university and is delighted to use those skills in working with translation partners around the world and selling language rights for our publications. She particularly enjoys testing her colleagues to see if they can recognise some of the more unusual languages in which these are now published.
Before editing books for TGBC, Catherine was a writer and editor at Christian charity, Stewardship. Amongst other things, she also previously worked in marketing for a theatre, spent time in mission focused on anti-trafficking in Asia and studied History of Art and English Literature at university.
Bethany is essentially a 'book matchmaker', making sure that our books find the people they'll serve best. Bethany lives near Charlotte with her husband Matt and their small dog Indy. They are part of New City Church and love helping others know Christ and grow in him.
Jonny keeps every IT system in TGBC up to date and running smoothly. He is able to fix virtually anything and has invented a bicycle-operated disco machine. He lives in Petersfield and attends Trinity Church, Liphook.
Gilly used to be an Actuary and helps us understand and organise complicated numbers. She is also involved with leading bible studies and studying biblical counselling at her church in Worcester Park. She is married to Alan and is often found practising routines for Strictly.
Sam works alongside Kathy and Gilly in Accounts, assisting them with their regular accounting tasks and leaving them time to focus on more important things like budgets. Her role is part-time, so when she’s not working, she’s usually writing romance novels or reading them.
Mus does a broad range of techie things, including turning things off and on again when they break. Ethnically, he is a Turkish Cypriot, with a Rwandan-English wife. Their kids are real mixed kebabs!
Before joining TGBC, Caroline had worked as a teacher of History to teens and then English to mums at the local school. She now enjoys teaching the Bible to ladies in her church, Emmanuel Epsom. She has three children and is married to James.
We always enjoy linking up with other gospel-focused ministries and organisations and are particularly excited by our partnership with Christianity Explored. We also enjoy working with a fabulous collection of authors who share our love for Jesus and the Bible. If you are an author who would like to discuss the potential of working with us, please see our Guidance for Authors page.