Rev. Scott Parrish is an ordained deacon and serves as Mission Specialist in the Center for Congregational Excellence. He serves North Georgia Conference churches in disaster response ministries, mission, and community engagement. Scott also leads our UMCOR grant funded disaster recovery work in the South West District as we assist homeowners rebuilding after the winter 2023 tornadoes.

Scott has served congregations since his seminary days in the late 1980’s, and has served churches in Indiana, Kentucky, South Carolina, and Georgia. He has been in North Georgia Conference since 1994. Scott has been on Conference program ministries staff since 2014. Over the years, he’s enjoyed teaching, preaching, and resourcing congregations across our Conference, as well as extensive missional work around the United States, and in partnership with United Methodist Conferences in a dozen countries. Congregational and connectional mission, and the ways a congregation can be alive in a particular community as a church movement, have been his interests for many years.
 
Scott has been married to Monica since 1987, and they live on the family farm in Appling, Georgia which is near Augusta. They live on the farm with Monica’s 95year old father who is still active. They have 3 young adult children: Zeke, Sydney, and Cooper. In Scott’s hobby time he enjoys life on the farm, including tending to whatever is in season, raising heirloom vegetables, and posting photos of the goats on social media.