Rev. Dr. Scott elected pastor at historic First Baptist Church, Capitol Hill

NASHVILLE, TN — The Rev. Dr. Shane B. Scott, D. Ministry, an energetic and dynamic preacher, change agent, coalition builder and community adviser, has been elected as the 21st pastor of Nashville’s historic First Baptist Church, Capitol Hill, and will be officially installed on June 1. & “I intend to be here for a long time,’’ Dr. Scott, 45, told the congregation on January 21 when he preached his trial sermon at First Baptist Church, Capitol Hill, prior to being elected at the end of that month. “You all will have to put me out if I leave here, and I am going to take you with me.’’ The senior pastor at the historic 600-member Macedonia Baptist Church in Los Angeles, California from October 2011 until being elected to come to First Baptist, Capitol Hill, Dr. Scott was born in Franklin, Louisiana and raised in Richmond, California. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Religion and Philosophy from Stillman College, a Master of Divinity degree, with an emphasis in Pastoral Care and Community Development from the American Baptist Seminary of the West (now Berkley School of Theology) and the Doctor of Ministry from New York Theological Seminary. & &...