Scott serves as the senior pastor at Emmanuel Baptist in Parrish Florida. He is a graduate of Southern Seminary (MDiv and EdD). He and his wife Carrie have two boys, and enjoy Disney World and living where others vacation. You can find more of his writing at scottmdouglas.com.
In February 2013, Pro Bowl defensive backs Richard Sherman and Darrelle Revis got into a heated exchange over Twitter. What started as trash talk between two competitive players turned when Revis said that his business manager had more…
One of the parts I like least about student ministry is conflict resolution. I never enjoy sitting in a room with upset parents, mediating issues between students or dealing with crises that happen in students’ lives. More often…
Our mission statement for our student ministry is short: Teaching, Developing, Engaging. It sums up in essence everything we try to do to impact students, their families, their schools and our community. Behind this mission statement are the four…
A few years ago I shared with our church my desire to enroll in a doctoral program and was immediately met with a few responses. Some thought it was great that I was going back to school. Some…
The first ministry assignment I had was taking over for a student minister who had been in the position for over twenty years. He had developed a culture within the ministry, and he was highly regarded by the…
What would it have been like if the Twelve Disciples were in my youth group? Certainly James and John would always want to ride shotgun in the van and be first in line at Chick-Fil-A. Judas would always…
