Dan Scott
Senior Pastor
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Born in the Appalachian mountains of West Virginia, Dan Scott has experienced divergent spiritual influences in his life. In the spiritual life of his childhood, he experienced the strengths of African-American and Appalachian White Pentecostal worship. In early adulthood, his beliefs were further enriched through his missionary work in Latin America, and among French-Canadian and Haitian people in Quebec.

Raised as a Pentecostal, Pastor Scott found his spiritual life expanded through his studies and his growing ties to Christians of all denominations. The fruit of his relationships can be seen in his commitment to a convergence of the three streams of Christianity – the sacramental, the evangelical, and the Pentecostal. Dan Scott is passionate about drawing from the strengths of the divergent gifts and insight of the whole Church. He seeks to create spiritual environments that celebrate the traditions of Christian faith, the freedom of the Holy Spirit and the foundation of the Word.

Pastor Dan Scott has his ordination with the Anglican Mission in America, a missionary movement that grew out of the East African Revivals of last century. He is a published songwriter, musician, and author of Faith To Faith, Naked and Not Ashamed, The Emerging American Church, Between Eden and Pandemonium. Pastor Scott holds a BA in Sociology/History, a Masters of Arts in Humanities, a Master of Arts in Psychology and a post graduate certificate in Trauma and Abuse. Pastor Scott is fluent in Spanish and French and is dedicated to racial reconciliation.

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L.H. Hardwick, Jr.
Pastor Emeritus
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Rev. L.H. Hardwick, Jr. is Pastor Emeritus of Christ Church in Nashville, Tennessee where he has served and led for nearly 57 years.

Christ Church was a small congregation of just eight people when Pastor Hardwick was appointed Senior Pastor, at just 18 years of age.  Under his leadership, and in response to the consistent growth of the church through the years, Pastor Hardwick has led this congregation through three location changes and numerous building projects.  Today, Christ Church has grown to over 3500 members.

Reverend Hardwick is affiliated with Global Network of Christian Ministries, Inc. and in 1986, was elected to the office of Moderator for that organization, a position he has held for 10 years. He is a member of Churches Uniting in Global Missions (CUGM), a national group of pastors, under the leadership of Dr. Robert Schuller.

Pastor Hardwick has received honorary doctorate degrees from Moody Theological Seminary and Emmanuel Bible College.

Pastor Hardwick has always been active in community affairs and was appointed by the Governor of Tennessee to serve an eight-year term on the Board of Trustees of the Mental Health Association. He is a member of the Metro Pastors Association (a group Nashville’s most influential church leaders). He is also on the board of Operation Andrew, an outreach ministry of the Billy Graham Crusade whose purpose is to unite the body of Christ in Middle Tennessee.

L.H. Hardwick, Jr. was raised and educated in Nashville. He attended Freewill Baptist Bible College before accepting the position of Senior Pastor at Christ Church in 1950. During that same year, he married Montelle Carson, and in the following years their family grew, with the birth of two sons, Mike and Steve.  On New Years Day 2006, after 55 years of marriage, Pastor Hardwick’s wife, Montelle went to be with the Lord.  In February 2007, Rev. Hardwick married Carol Bryant. He is the proud grandfather of seven grandchildren:  Shayna, Katy, Megan, Christina, Lawson, Maggie and Michael. He is the great-grandfather of four: Taylor and Harper Gunn, Ella Forster, and Ava Mashburn.