Gene Scott
| Gene Scott | |
|---|---|
| Born |
William Eugene Scott Buhl, Idaho, United States |
| Died | February 21, 2005 (aged 75) Glendale, California, United States |
| Cause of death | Stroke |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Stanford University (Ph.D., 1957) |
| Spouse(s) | Betty Ann Frazier, 1951(?)–1974 Melissa Scott (born Melissa Paulina Peroff), 2000–2005 (his death) |
| Church | Pentecostal then Protestant (Paulinist) |
William Eugene "Gene" Scott (August 14, 1929 – February 21, 2005) was a U.S. pastor and teacher who served for almost 50 years as an ordained minister and broadcaster in Los Angeles, California.
Gene Scott was born in Buhl, Idaho. He earned his Ph.D. in Philosophies of Education at Stanford University in 1957 and subsequently served as an ordained minister for nearly five decades. During his career, Scott served as a traveling teacher for the Pentecostal Assemblies of God, the president of the Full Gospel Fellowship of Churches and Ministers International for nine years and, for a combined total of 35 years, as the pastor for the Protestant Wescott Christian Center and Faith Center. For the last 15 years of his ministry, Scott held weekly Sunday Bible teaching services at the Los Angeles University Cathedral in Los Angeles, California.
In 1975, Scott was elected pastor of Faith Center, a 45-year-old church of congregational polity in Glendale, California. Faith Broadcasting Network was the first Christian television station and the first to provide 24-hour Christian programming. Scott added a nightly live television broadcast to the network, the Festival of Faith.
In 1983, the University Network began broadcasting the first twenty-four-hour religious television network via satellite to North America and much of Mexico and the Caribbean. Affiliate television and radio stations broadcast Scott's services and nightly teachings.
Although an agnostic while attending Stanford University, Scott converted to Christianity while earning his Ph.D. in 1957. He taught at Evangel College (now Evangel University), then assisted Oral Roberts in establishing Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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