J. Scott McElroy, Founder and Director
Scott has been working to connect churches and artists with inspired creativity since the mid-1990’s. He’s the author of How to CARE: Crisis,
Disaster, Trauma, and Healing Ministry with the Arts, as well as Creative Church Handbook: Releasing the Power of the Arts in Your Congregation and Finding Divine Inspiration: Working with the Holy Spirit in Your Creativity. In addition to facilitating arts initiatives through the New Renaissance, he’s an arts ministry leader and visual artist at his home church, Indy Vineyard in Indianapolis. Scott has a MATM (Master of Arts in Theology and Ministry), Worship, Theology, and the Arts specialization from Fuller Theological Seminary. He holds a Certificate of Trauma Informed Care from Indiana University.
He lives on Broad Ripple Park in Indianapolis with his beautiful wife, Danielle and precocious dog, Madeline.
Reach Scott at: scott (at) thenewr.org