Derrick Scott

How have your students been affected by racism and COVID-19?

Derrick Scott, Executive Director of the Campus to City Wesley Foundation, addresses the twin pandemics of COVID-19 and racism from the perspective of the college students who are part of his ministry.

How do we embrace differences as being as important as shared understandings and agreements?

Derrick Scott and Rev. Kennetha Bigham-Tsai examine how students are understanding and managing a time of divisiveness in the U.S. and in the church.

What it means to be United Methodist: Welcome and Connection

Derrick and Kennetha talk about welcome and connection as important characteristics in The United Methodist Church.

Get the clergy out of the office and the laity out of the pews!

Derrick Scott's vision is to get the clergy out of the office and the laity out of the pews. In this interview he discusses what we need to learn to do differently to sustain vital, relevant, and effective ministry.

What do your students consider as essential for the future of the church?

In this conversation Derrick identifies openness, invitational spirituality, and public witness as qualities the college students he serves would say are essential for ministry.

Emerging Methodism Interview with Derrick Scott

Derrick Scott is Executive Director of the Campus to City Wesley Foundation, a United Methodist multi-campus ministry in Jacksonville and St. Augustine, Florida and surrounding areas.

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