General:

Born and raised in Albuquerque, NM Scott moved to Houston, Texas in 1981. During his stay in Houston Scott met and married his wife Kathy. They moved to California so Scott could attend Bible College. Scott and Kathy have three children, Michael, Maria and Carissa. They currently reside in Albuquerque, N.M.

Education:

Scott graduated from Manzano high school and attended the University of New Mexico until he moved to Houston. In California he attended Calvary Chapel Bible College Twin Peaks and then Calvary Chapel West Covina Bible College from which he graduated in May of 1988. Scott also completed Calvary Chapel Golden Springs Master's and Pastoral programs.

Ministry:

In 1988 Scott became an associate pastor with Pastor Raul Ries at Calvary Chapel Golden Springs (a 12,000 member church) in Diamond Bar, California. He was heavily involved in many ministries. The Christian bookstore Scott managed was awarded as one of the top 100 in the country. Scott taught in the Bible College for 16 years and also was an instructor for Calvary Chapel Golden Springs Pastoral School. He taught many classes but specialized in Systematic Theology.

He recruited and trained over 3500 new believer instructors for the Somebody Loves You Crusades, 900 of which were active when Scott left. Scott also was involved in managing the computer network for Calvary Chapel Golden Springs and developing some of Pastor Raul Ries' books.

Notables:

Scott was heavily involved with the making of A Venture in Faith video (a documentary of the history of the Calvary Chapel movement). He was a chaplain to the Los Angeles County Sheriffs putting in many hours in a patrol car ministering to the deputies and the public. He was an Albuquerque Police Department Chaplain and is currently a Valencia County Sheriff's Chaplain.  Scott has traveled all over the United States, parts of South America and Israel.

Church:

Scott Thom is the pastor and founder of Cross Christian Fellowship of Albuquerque. This church started with five people on Sunday nights in a small Methodist church in June of 2004. They currently have moved to a new store front location.

Radio Program:

You can listen to Pastor Scott answer questions live on the radio on the Bible, doctrine and reasons for the Christian faith on the program No Other Doctrine. No Other Doctrine can be heard on Saturday Mornings at 9:oo MST on KNKT 107.1 FM, Albuquerque, NM.