Who We Are
Scott McKinney was the lead pastor of CenterPoint Church from 1989 to 2024. Today he remains on staff as the Founding Pastor of CenterPoint.
Since retirement Scott has taken the role of Regional Catalyst for the Evangelical Free Church West District for Utah and Southern Idaho. In his role as regional catalyst, Scott helps oversee local churches that are part of the Evangelical Free Church movement. His primary focus is on equipping pastors as they lead churches in this unique spiritual environment.
Scott has been married to Sara since 1979. They have four children and sixteen grandchildren. He is a 1980 graduate of the Talbot School of Theology at Biola.
If you are interested in learning more about Scott and Sara’s ministry story, you can read about it in Scott’s book, Keep Showing Up: A Utah Pastor’s Journey.
Keep Showing Up
Scott is the author of Keep Showing Up: A Utah Pastor’s Journey, the story of an evangelical Christian church founded in an unlikely place: Utah Valley, the spiritual epicenter of a culture dominated by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, home to Brigham Young University and an overwhelmingly Mormon populace. It is a book that asks, “Can a non-Mormon church survive in a place like Utah?” and answers that question with resounding certainty.
About the Evangelical Free Church of America
The EFCA—or Evangelical Free Church of America—is a family of self-governing churches united around the same core beliefs.