Scott Nelson

Scott Nelson (M.Div, D.Min) is the Associate Superintendent (church planting and leadership development) of the Northwest Conference of the Evangelical Covenant Church. He was formerly the church planter and lead pastor of Covenant Grove Church in Modesto, California. He has spoken across the country on evangelism, discipleship formation, leadership development, and strategic planning. As part of his doctoral work, Scott performed qualitative research with dozens of church planters and coaches across the United States and Canada to find out what contributes to healthy pastoral ministry. Over and over again, the research proved that there were five types of relationships that planters and pastors needed in their lives in order to thrive in ministry. With strong Supply Lines, Scott discovered, pastors are protected from burnout and have the support they need for bigger dreams, wiser decisions, and healthier results.