About Pastor Scott Gilchrist

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Scott Gilchrist spent four years on the staff of Campus Crusade for Christ, and served as Campus Director at the University of Utah. With a wealth of experience on the campus, Scott entered the pastorate, and has been the Senior Pastor at Southwest Bible Church in Beaverton, Oregon since 1979.

In late 1992, a group of Portland businessmen asked Scott to consider a weekly Bible-teaching ministry in downtown Portland. In the spring of 1993, Downtown Bible Class began meeting in Portland's World Trade Center.

Scott combines a warm personality with a clear, well illustrated exposition of the Scriptures. He has enjoyed teaching as an adjunct faculty member at Multnomah Bible College and Multnomah Bible Seminary, and is a frequent national and international Christian conference speaker.

Scott and his wife Kristi married in 1974. They have five children and over 20 years of parenting experience.

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