News and Announcements

SFC is deepening its expertise in Brain Health Coaching!

In 2023, Scott Free Clinic added Brian Heath Coaching as one of our regular eight core services. As of yesterday, we’re investing in deepening our expertise in Brain Health Coaching to provide SFC clients the very best possible counseling services.

SFC was able to add Brain Health Coaching as a regular service because our Founder and President, Dr. James Scott, Jr. — already a respected counselor who has helped many thousands of people nationally and internationally to change their lives through biblically-sound and clinically-excellent counseling — earned his certification as a Brain Health Professional by studying brain health through Amen University, especially focusing on the pioneering research done by world-renowned psychiatrist and brain health expert, Dr. Daniel Amen. Now, as a charter member of the American Association of Christian Counselors (AACC), Dr. Scott received a scholarship from Light University (a division of the AACC) to complete an additional certification in neuroscience and brain health.

“Scott Free Clinic added the Brain Health Coaching component to our ministry services because sometimes what has often been thought to be mental health issues are really brain health issues. By developing our expertise in Brain Health Coaching, we’re more equipped to better serve our clients and to expand on our commitment to excellence in counseling,” said Dr. Scott.

Dr. Laurene Enns joins the SFC Board of Directors

Scott Free Clinic is excited to announce that Dr. Laurene Enns has joined the Scott Free Clinic Board of Directors as both a Director and as Secretary of the Board.

Laurene has a Master of Arts in Leadership from Trinity Western University in Langley, BC, Canada. The focus of these studies were servant leadership and her thesis was on incorporating servant leadership with co-creation. She worked almost seven years as a Lead Evaluator and International Coaching Federation Leadership Coach for two United States federal government grants at a health sciences university. After 20 years in healthcare, both hospital and higher education, the next adventure was completing a Doctorate of Education in Health Professions. The focus of her research study was placing the patient as an equal partner in the higher education team for all health profession programs.

Laurene has walked with Jesus since a young child and has participated in many volunteer ministry roles over the years. She has a passion for prayer, Deaf culture and American Sign Language, family, art, music, building connections, adult education, research, and leadership.

Scott Free Clinic marks its 11th anniversary with announcement of office relocation

Scott Free Clinic will celebrate its 11th anniversary as an international parachurch ministry this month (October), and the celebration is timely and comes with a big announcement.

It’s timely because we just concluded our annual “Month of Prayer for Scott Free Clinic” initiative, which had people across the country and in different countries praying for this ministry throughout September. During that time of sustained prayer, we were also diligently striving to save our office with a “Save Our Office”campaign. The “big announcement” is that, at “the last minute” — after only nine donors contributed to the “Save Our Office” campaign — we reached our campaign goal. Not only are we able to “save our office” for another year, but yesterday our President signed a rental agreement for a new office. Our Founder and President, Dr. Scott, described it like this, “The new office is small, it’s still a ‘box,’ but we’re grateful to God that it’s a little bigger box! And we’re so grateful to have an office for another year.”

Transitioning locations will be a “mad scramble” as SFC remains busy with a heavy counseling schedule, a major consulting project, and the ongoing work of helping people change their lives, supporting pastors, and helping churches and Christian organizations better accomplish their mission — all work offered as SFC’s eight core services.

“Over the last 11 years, we’ve been humbled and blessed to see God produce the fruit of thousands of changing and changed lives,” said Dr. Scott. “We are as busy now as we’ve ever been, and look forward to seeing how God will continue to use this ministry in serving people who want and need to change their lives,” he added.

We invite you to join in the celebration of our 11th anniversary by giving thanks and praise to God for His lovingkindness in providing for and using this ministry, and especially for His transforming work in the lives of thousands, and every opportunity to share the Good News of Jesus Christ.

You can help us make our 11th year a fruitful one in two ways: 1) Consider becoming Prayer Partner with Scott Free Clinic. The simple details about this can be found on our website by clicking here. 2) Please consider becoming a regular Care Partner with SFC, or at least making a donation to help us move into our 11th year. During our “Save Our Office” campaign, we temporarily halted our “regular” fundraising that is vital to funding our regular ministry services, so our Operating Fund has dwindled — we could use your support right now! You can make a donation, and also find out about becoming a regular Care Partner, on our website by clicking here.

September brings month-long prayer initiative for Scott Free Clinic

Come pray with us! Come pray for us! Starting September 1, Scott Free Clinic will host its annual A Month of Prayer for Scott Free Clinic emphasis. We call it an emphasis because it is not a scheduled event; rather, we are inviting friends of Scott Free Clinic — and all Christians — to pray for this ministry each day throughout the month of September.

Participating in this prayer emphasis is easy — you can pray anytime, anywhere, for as long or as short as you wish. While daily prayer would be wonderful, any time you can offer to praying for this ministry is greatly appreciated.

Here are specific prayer points to guide your prayers:

• • Give thanks and praise to God for the thousands of lives He has and continues to change through this ministry.
  • Pray for the people, pastors, and churches we are currently serving – that God would change lives, heal people, reconcile marriages and relationships, strengthen and encourage pastors, and revive churches.
  • Pray for our recently launched Save Our Office campaign, that we may raise the needed $8,000 very soon to keep our office for another year.
  • Pray for wisdom as we design and develop a minister education program for a fellowship of 30,000 churches in Uganda, that we may serve these church leaders and congregations well, and help these ministers lead with wisdom and in holiness.
  • Pray for provision for our general operating fund, as the tiny support we typically receive to keep this ministry running has dwindled (although we’re currently raising funds to save our office, our daily operating needs persist, and we need support our ongoing ministry needs).
  • Give thanks for the handful of Care Partners who support this ministry financially.
  • Pray for our team of Prayer Partners who faithfully sustain this ministry with their consistent prayers.

We are grateful for every prayer offered. Thank you for partnering with us in this vital ministry through prayer this September. If you would be willing to consider becoming a regular Prayer Partner with Scott Free Clinic, then take a moment to find out how easy (and important!) that is by clicking here.

SFC recruited to develop pastoral education program for 30,000 churches in Uganda

During our President’s visit to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in late October/early November, he met with a key leader who heads the church growth department (which includes evangelism, discipleship, church planting, and doctrine) for a fellowship of 30,000 churches in Uganda. The churches there have an urgent need for pastor education, and our President, Dr. James Scott, Jr., was sought out to design and develop that educational program.

Dr. Scott has been working on defining the needs with the Ugandan leaders and have finalized an agreement for SFC to take on, as a consulting project, developing the needed educational program. This means SFC will have an opportunity to significantly influence the spiritual development of 30,000 pastors throughout Uganda, and the churches they serve. This is a monumental task for a very poor ministry such as SFC, but with God’s help we will accomplish it. Please pray for us!

New consulting project includes taking on interim pastor role, consulting with church for new pastor search

One of Scott Free Clinic’s free eight core services is consulting with churches, as well as Christian ministries and organizations. We do a lot to help others fulfill their mission well. Yesterday evening, our President, Dr. James Scott, Jr., formalized a new consulting project with a church in the San Diego area which will include him taking on the role of interim pastor at the church, and also consulting with the elders and the pastor search committee during their search for a new senior minister.

We’re excited to come alongside this church to serve and support them in this fashion. Dr. Scott has 39 years experience as a minister, and through his work leading SFC he counsels and consults with church leaders across the country and around the world. Between serving the dedicated team of elders at this church, and getting to know and serve the people of this congregation, Dr. Scott looks forward to preaching regularly while the church searches for their next preacher.

While this is a significant consulting project, Scott Free Clinic will continue to provide its eight core services.

SFC will be a contributor to a major new evangelism ministry for all of Africa

Through the consulting work SFC has been doing with John Hendee, the founder and leader of the international ministry, “You Share Jesus,” which equips Christians, church leaders, whole churches, and Christian organizations around the world in highly effective relational evangelism (check out their free online, on-demand training in evangelism at https://www.yousharejesus.org/), our President (Dr. James Scott, Jr.) will be traveling with John in late October to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia for the final planning and launch of the new ministry, Union of African Peace Makers, which will focus on evangelism throughout all of Africa.

Dr. Scott learned this relational evangelism method and use of this evangelism presentation decades ago and has been using it with great fruitfulness since. Then a few years ago, SFC served John for about a year while he was Chair of World Evangelism at Hope International University. Now, as John takes on the role of architect for crafting the significant Union Of African Peace Makers (UAMP) ministry, it’s been our privilege to resume consulting support to John, which will include SFC contributing to some of the work of UAMP. We’re excited to do so, as the potential that can be realized from this new evangelistic work is a great harvest for the kingdom of God. Please pray for SFC as we strive to make a beneficial contribution to this new work throughout all of Africa, and to be a wise and helpful consultant to John and the You Share Jesus ministry. Also, we need your financial support to be able to offer services like this; you can donate to the Scott Free Clinic ministry from our website here.