Pastor Scott Masters, was born in Rhode Island in 1970, raised in Orlando, Florida, and moved to the Concord, NH area as a young teen. He attended Keene State College, in Keene NH where he majored in Mathematics and History. After transferring to Franklin Pierce University, he graduated Summa Cum Laude, with a degree in Finance and Public Accounting. He has also completed graduate work in Supply Chain Economics, at the Florida Institute of Technology.
After rediscovering his faith as a young adult, Scott took on increasing leadership roles within the local, state, and conference levels of the United Methodist Church. He served in various roles from Treasurer and Lay Leader of his local church, to serving as a member of the NH District Ministry Strategy Team and as Co-District Laity Leader. He formally entered the Candidacy program for Ordained Ministry in the spring of 2003, and completed his licensing as a local pastor in the summer of 2006. He was assigned to Asbury Church as his first appointment, in July of 2007, by the New England Conference of the United Methodist Church. He has spent the last three years studying at Asbury Theological Seminary, in Wilmore, KY where he worked towards his Master of Divinity degree. As of June of 2010, he transfered into the COS prorgram at Wesley Seminary in Washington, DC. His academic interests include Rural Church Growth and Development, Theology, and the ancient symbols and stories of our faith.
Scott’s theology is strongly Wesleyan, and he is committed to making faith authentic, relevant, and fun within this community. He is passionate about rediscovering discipleship, church development, and tailoring worship and outreach to meet the needs of a new generation of seekers and believers. He believes that faith should have strong personal and communal components, and is expressed most completely through service and outreach to the community. He is strongly committed to a theology that is understood only in light of the full person and church and which emphasizes physical, spiritual, and community wholeness.
Scott also works full time managing the Business Planning and Forecast Group at the Automotive Lighting Division of OSRAM Sylvania. He lives in Keene, NH and is married to Stacey, and together they have two girls; Annie and Sophie. An energetic westie pup named Sammy and a Shiranian named Maggie completes the clan. Besides the church, Scott is a passionate sports fan, die-hard movie buff, and spends a great deal of time running on the backroads of Keene and Chesterfield.
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