Benefits
Membership benefits
Membership entitles you to:
- reduced conference fees;
- receive The Christian Psychologist, the biannual newsletter of BACIP that includes articles, book reviews, news, and information about events and meetings;
- join the BACIP email group;
- access the member’s area of the website, where you can listen to past conference recordings, see book recommendations, look at exclusive articles, and get in touch with members who have similar interests to yours.
- join one of the BACIP regional groups, which meet on an irregular basis for discussion, mutual support, prayer, and just having fun together;
- receive an annually updated Membership Directory;
- receive a discounted membership rate for the Christian Association for Psychological Studies, whose membership benefits include subscription to the Journal for Psychology and Christianity;
- receive a discounted rate for subscription to the journal Mental Health, Religion & Culture, a saving of £135!
Membership grades
BACIP includes four grades of membership:
- Ordinary members are defined as Christians who are eligible for Graduate Membership of the British Psychological Society (i.e., have completed an undergraduate psychology degree, recognised by the BPS as the basis for further professional study);
- Spousal members are defined as Christians who are married to an ordinary member of BACIP and who otherwise meet the requirements for ordinary membership;
- Student members are defined as Christians who are studying psychology at college or university at either undergraduate or postgraduate level and are not in receipt of a salary;
- Associate members are Christians who are members of allied professions or related academic disciplines, or have not completed sufficient psychological studies to satisfy the requirements of the BPS.
All members are entitled to the benefits listed above; however, associate members do not have voting rights at the Annual General Meeting.
Membership fees
BACIP membership runs by the calendar year and costs £20.00 annually for waged members (regardless of grade), and £10.00 for spousal members and unwaged members (regardless of grade). Fees are reduced for those applying later in the calendar year. Members may also contribute to a hardship bursary to provide financial assistance for students and clinical trainees who could not otherwise attend BACIP conferences.
How to join
To join BACIP, please download the application form, and send it to Mrs Janet Jackson, BACIP Administrator, 4 Meadow Road, Mountsorrel, Leicester, LE12 7HN.
You may use the PayPal link below to pay for your membership. Alternatively you may send a cheque with your membership form.