Emily Scott, ‘06 M.Div., Baltimore, MD

Emily Scott (she/her/hers) is a pastor, church planter, and author. 

Emily currently serves as pastor of two congregations in unique partnership: St. Mark’s Evangelical Lutheran Church and Dreams and Visions, in Baltimore. These two congregations — one historic, one newly planted — are partnering together, sharing a building, pastoral staff, and a commitment to their neighborhood, city, and the LGBTQ+ community. St. Mark’s has a tradition of formal worship and beautiful music, and became officially LGBTQ+ affirming in 1985. Dreams and Visions, is an imaginative spiritual community of restoration, with soulful, creative, worship.

From 2008-2017, Emily served as the founding pastor of St. Lydia’s Dinner Church in Brooklyn, where worship is a full meal, shared around a dinner table. Emily and the congregation were involved in combating police brutality and advocating for affordable housing with organizations such as Faith in New York. St. Lydia’s sparked a wider Dinner Church movement.

She is the author of For All Who Hunger: Searching for Communion in a Shattered World (Penguin Random House).