Meet The Pastor
Senior Pastor Dr. Scott Shoffner
Dr. Scott Shoffner was formally elected Sept. 8th as Senior Pastor of Downtown Baptist Orlando. For over 23 years, Dr. Shoffner has served as an associate or a senior/lead pastor in four wonderful churches in North Carolina, with his past church Calvary Baptist Church in Lincolnton. Dr. Shoffner received a Bachelor of Science in Applied Communication with a Major Concentration in Public Communication with a focus in Interpersonal Communication, Persuasive Communication, and Conflict Resolution and a Minor Concentration in History and a focus in Ancient Middle Eastern and Medieval European History. Dr. Shoffner received both a Master of Divinity (Focus: Old Testament Book Studies, Old Testament Theology and New Testament Eschatology) and a Doctorate of Ministry (Focus: Biblical Expository Preaching) from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, NC—and was a Charles B. Keesee Scholarship Recipient (2002-2006).
Dr. Shoffner has been very active in local associations and in the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina, with a few key examples being founder/leader of Young Ministers’ Conference for pastors 45 years of age and younger, Board of Directors for the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina, and President of the Pastors’ Conference, Stanly Baptist Association.