Scotty earned his B.A. in Biblical Theology from Moody Bible Institute. For thirty-four years, he lived and worked throughout the Middle East as an evangelist and church planter. After he and Emily were both widowed in 2012, they married in 2013 and served together in the Middle East for six years. They returned to Washington state in 2021, where Scotty is currently pastoring a church. They have six children and three grandchildren.

 

Scotty and Emily have a passion to train up and send out the next generation of church-planting missionaries to Muslims of the Middle East/North African region, as well as to strengthen and equip the American church to fulfill her mission.