Scott has been in pastoral ministry since 1992 serving congregations in the Cincinnati and Pittsburgh areas before coming to Baton Rouge in 2022. He and his wife Kristina met in music school at Northwestern University and have three grown children (two more by marriage) as well as a pair of adorable granddaughters. The kids currently live in Washington state, Pittsburgh, and Washington DC; mom and dad were told to pick up the southern portion of the country! Scott and Kristina are happy owners of a pandemic pup named Schubert.
Scott did his M.Div. at Fuller Theological Seminary and received a fellowship for an additional year of study at Blackfriars, Oxford University in the area of spiritual formation. His doctorate at Gordon-Conwell Seminary is in pastoral theology with a thesis project on helping others discover their primary way of meeting God and encountering the Lord’s majestic beauty there. He is often found making rounds at local hospitals and assisted care facilities, as well as regularly teaching Sunday school and leading a community group with Kristina.
Scott enjoys rooting for underdogs, playing some tennis and whitewater rafting, hiking, reading, and many kinds of music and travel. Eating and coffee are also favorites. Teaching on the mission field has been a particular joy in both Albania and Sierra Leone. Sharing the gospel through education since 2012 in Sierra Leone has provided fresh visions of the amazing ways Jesus Christ brings healing, hope, and salvation.
