About Scott Barfoot

Director of Doctor of Ministry Program at Dallas Theological Seminary (http://www.dts.edu/dmin). B.A., Atlantic Baptist College, 1994; Th.M., Dallas Theological Seminary, 1998; Ph.D., Regent University, 2007. Dr. Barfoot aspires to equip and empower global executive, pastoral, and educational ministry leaders who impact the next generation for the cause of Christ. Having served in a variety of pastoral leadership capacities in rural Canadian and suburban Asian and American churches in Canada and the United States since 1992, he has a special heart for leadership development in the local church. His most recent research examined the cultivation and breakdown of interpersonal trust between pastors and lay leaders from churches throughout the United States, Canada, and the Philippines. He and his wife, Debbie, have three children, David, Joel, and Karissa.