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William Eugene Scott, also known as Dr. Gene Scott®, 14 August 1929 -
21 February 2005, was a United States-based and world-renowned pastor/
teacher/televangelist and author of thirteen booklets on various
topics ranging from Christianity to the stamps of the Colombian
States.
During his long career Dr. Scott served as a traveling evangelist for
the Pentecostal Assemblies of God, served as the president of the Full
Gospel Fellowship of Churches and Ministers International for nine
years and served for a combined total of 35 years as the pastor for
the non-denominational Protestant Wescott Christian Center and Faith
Center. For the last fifteen years of his career Dr. Scott held weekly
Sunday gospel services at the Los Angeles University Cathedral in Los
Angeles, California.
Early life
William Eugene Scott was born in Buhl, Idaho, to William Theodore
Scott, a traveling Pentecostal preacher, and Inez Leona Graves Scott.
In 1934, when Scott was five, his mother gave birth prematurely to
twins, one of whom died shortly after birth. His mother told an
interviewer in 1980 that she was visited by angels at this time,
stating that she "saw a stairway begin to roll down from heaven and
come right down to the side of my bed" and that "two angels walked
down, and they stopped in front of Gene." At this point, his mother
claims to have said, "Oh no, Lord, you take Gene!" and that the angels
"just went around him and picked the baby up".
He excelled in primary and secondary school both academically and
athletically. According to a story told by Scott's mother in Werner
Herzog's 1980 documentary entitled God's Angry Man, an unnamed seventh
grade teacher once attached a note to Gene's report card informing his
parents that their son was a genius. In another story often recited by
Gene Scott on the air, he says he was a good basketball player and
that his father's ultra-conservative congregation disapproved of young
Eugene Scott wearing shorts as required by the team because they
exposed his bare legs. He played throughout his junior high and high
school years regardless of the congregation's objection. Gene Scott
also began playing alto saxophone during his elementary school years
and continued playing his phrases through his high school years.
Education
Gene Scott graduated from Chico State in 1952 with a degree in history
and stayed on for a master's degree in social science.
In 1953, Scott enrolled in Stanford's School of Education, where he
wrote a Proof of the Resurrection for Professor Alexander "Lex" Miller
the famous ethical theologian from New Zealand.*
Scott earned his Ph.D. in Philosophies of Education in 1957. The
subject of his 394-page doctoral dissertation was Neo-Orthodox
theologian Reinhold Niebuhr. His major Prof. was Dr. Larry Thomas, the
major proponent for Dewey's Progressive Education on the West Coast.
After receiving his Ph.D., he taught at Evangel College (now Evangel
University), and assisted Oral Roberts in establishing Oral Roberts
University in Tulsa, Oklahoma. For many years he was an evangelist in
the Assemblies of God denomination before establishing his independent
Protestant ministry.
In 1992 he was featured in the cover story for the Stanford Alumni
Magazine and his obituary was published in the May/June 2005 issue of
the same publication.
An anecdote in the obituary of Gene Scott characterized Alexander
"Lex" Miller as an agnostic. Miller, who inaugurated the curriculum in
religious studies in 1950, was a Presbyterian minister.1
Marriages
Dr. Gene Scott's first of three marriages was to high school
sweetheart Betty Ann Frazer. This marriage lasted twenty-three years.
Betty Ann Frazer's family funded Gene Scott's Ph.D. education at
Stanford University. After two decades of moving around with her
preacher husband, the first Mrs. Scott reportedly wanted the ministry
to find a home from which to expand into the world of televised
ministries. Mrs. Scott so admired an Orange County televangelist that
she engaged in a tryst with him which may have led to dissolution of
the first Scott marriage. On his program, Scott has portrayed her as
the "devil's sister. I hate her. If I go to heaven and she's there,
I'm going to another planet." [2]
His second marriage was to Christine E. Shaw, 20 years his junior,
which ended in divorce in 1996. She now lives in Canada, serving as an
elder in the Presbytery of Pickering, Ontario. [3] [verification
needed]
His third and final marriage was in 2000 to Melissa Pastore who was 39
years younger than Scott and claimed publicly that they were a
"clandestine couple" in 1996.
Dr. Scott has no children due to his infertility, which he attributed
to a childhood febrile illness.
Ministry
Assemblies of God
Although declaring himself an avowed agnostic while attending Stanford
University, after receiving his Ph.D. he briefly taught at Evangel
College (now Evangel University), then assisted Oral Roberts in
establishing Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Scott
eventually joined the Assemblies of God, a Pentecostal denomination
and for several years served in a variety of countries as an
evangelist.
Wescott Christian Center
In 1970, Scott resigned his Assemblies of God credentials in good
standing and formed Wescott Christian Center with his father, a pastor
in Oroville, California. Later, Dr. Gene Scott assumed control of
"Faith Center" in Glendale, California, and brought his father,
affectionately known as "Pop Scott" and his mother, known as "Mom
Scott" to assist him.
Wescott Christian Center it the titleholder to the Los Angeles
University Cathedral, other church properties and bank accounts,
according to County records.[verification needed]
Full Gospel Fellowship
Scott was voted vice president of the fledgling "Full Gospel
Fellowship of Churches and Ministers International", of which his
father was a member, and later served as its president from October
1975 to July 1984.
Full Gospel Fellowship president, Don Arnold visited and spoke at
Scott's church on more than one occasion in recent years.
Faith Center
In 1975, while serving his Oroville ministry, Dr. Scott was approached
to serve as a financial consultant for the forty-five-year-old "Faith
Center" church in Glendale, California, by its then pastor and
founder, religious broadcast pioneer Ray Schoch.
Faith Center owned four broadcast stations, which included KHOF-TV
channel 30 in San Bernardino, California, KHOF-FM 99.5 in Los Angeles,
California, KVOF-TV channel 38 in San Francisco, California, and WHCT
channel 18 in Hartford, Connecticut. Faith Center was in crisis, both
financial and in regards to its leadership, because Schoch had
suffered severe cardiac problems.
Dr. Scott often stated that the congregation of Faith Center
unanimously voted him in as its new pastor with sixteen conditions
that he required that gave him complete control over the finances,
which included his $1.00 annual salary and an unlimited expense
account. Dr. Scott returned the church from the red while at the same
time he acquired valuable collections, treasured bibles, real estate,
and dissolved the polity, membership status of the congregation, and
the governance policies then in effect. Ultimately, all four broadcast
licenses were revoked by the FCC.
Church of the Open Door
In 1985, Dr. Scott tried to purchase the former Church of the Open
Door but was declined by its then owners who were in the process of
selling the church for development. The development deal fell through
and the owners contacted Scott, who quickly agreed and pursued his
move to save the historic structure. Los Angeles Superior Court
records show that after many millions had been paid by Scott to
acquire the Church of the Open Door, a cloud on the title was alleged
by his associate, Lehua Garcia, in attempt to release Scott from his
purchaser obligations. The deal fell through and after many hands, it
ended up being purchased by another developer. The building was slated
for demolition many times.
In attempt to save the historic structure, Dr. Scott worked with the
Council of the City of Los Angeles to have the building designated a
Historic Monument. The historical monument designation had already
existed at the state level.
The Church of the Open Door building was ultimately demolished by
wrecking ball.
The buildings' historic red neon rooftop "Jesus Saves" signs had
become a very familiar sight to Los Angeles area residents over the
years. They are now mounted on a second level building of the Los
Angeles University Cathedral.4
Los Angeles University Cathedral
In 1989, Dr. Scott was approached by the Bruce Corwin, then president
of Miracle on Broadway and Chairman of the Metropolitan Theatres
Corporation to restore the United Artists flagship theater (which was
built by Mary Pickford, Charlie Chaplin, and Douglas Fairbanks in
1927) in downtown Los Angeles.
In 1990, Dr. Scott and his congregation moved their Sunday service to
the building now called the "Los Angeles University Cathedral". Dr.
Gene Scott, Inc. acquired full ownership of the cathedral in December
2002.
Scott's restoration of the theater signaled the beginning of an
attempted revitalization of the former theatre district along
Broadway. The Spanish Gothic style (patterned after a cathedral in
Segovia, Spain) University Cathedral became the largest non-
denominational Protestant church in downtown Los Angeles. Both the
Cathedral and the world-famous "Jesus Saves" signs are designated
historic monuments. [5]
Many thousands of visitors have viewed Scott's shrinking exhibition of
the "Dr. Gene Scott Bible Collection" with its many historic Bibles,
books, and manuscripts which is housed at the Los Angeles University
Cathedral. Gene Scott's widow, Melissa Scott, pastor, has had to sell
some of the precious bibles to meet her expenses.6
University Network
In 1975, Scott began a series of broadcasts, which resulted in the
creation of the University Network. By 1983, the University Network
was broadcasting his sermons twenty-four hours a day via satellite to
the United States and Canada, as well as to much of Mexico and the
Caribbean. By 1990, his network was available to 180 countries, and by
1992 his sermons were being broadcast in several languages on AM, FM,
and short-wave radio. His programming consisted of his trademark
informal style of "Bible" teaching mixed with provocative commentary,
music, and personal interests in such diverse subjects as his
philately, his paintings, scientific interpretations of the great
wonders of the world, and his American saddle-bred horses.
Drawing from nearly thirty years of recorded programming, Scott's
radio, satellite and television ministry continues to be broadcast
although on different stations and at different times. His Web site
remains operational, though it was not updated to mention Scott's
death until the first week of November 2006 and to date, omits the
qualifications of the current pastor.
Stage and broadcasting presentation
Since his death, reruns of Scott's broadcasts still are aired
continuously via satellite and Internet streams, as well as being
played at various times on short-wave radio, and terrestrial
television.
Scott's broadcasts fall into two distinct categories. The first
category is the broadcast of the traditional Sunday service in a
format familiar to Protestant Christianity. The second category is a
broadcast of what Scott named the Festival of Faith. The Festival of
Faith was a very informal, non-traditional broadcast which featured
Scott sitting alone in a chair, often smoking a cigar or a pipe,
telling jokes, interacting with the crew and "Voices of
Faith" (volunteer phone operators), berating his staff and/or his
congregation, and making remarks that were often considered to be
quite off-color by many listeners. He often spiced up his speech with
what many would consider profanity, although all his remarks were
within FCC guidelines if not always within the guidelines of good
taste. He also was well known for constantly engaging in the nervous
habit of cleaning out his nose with a handkerchief while on camera
(both during Sunday services and during the Festival of Faith). These
Festival of Faith broadcasts also featured Scott reading from books on
UFOs, Demonology, The Great Pyramid of Giza, and similar viewer-
grabbing topics. He quite often called out, "Am I boring you?" to
which his staff and the volunteers responded, "No sir!" He frequently
exhorted his viewers to "Get on the phone!" to make a monetary pledge
or to encourage him to keep reading.
Werner Herzog made a film documentary about Dr. Scott in 1980 titled
God's Angry Man.
Death
Originally diagnosed with a small but aggressive type of prostate
cancer in 2000, Gene Scott declined conventional medical treatment and
instead relied on faith in God to heal him. According to the American
Cancer Society and National Institute of Health, and as Gene Scott
announced on public broadcast, the herbs he was taking interfered with
his blood PSA levels and treatment. Four years later and consistent
with the known pattern of his cell type, the cancer had spread
unchecked to all the major systems of the body. Rigorous combined
regimens of conventional treatment were implemented too late and were
unable to stop the metastatic terminal cancer. Complications of the
cancer and treatments set in leading to heart failure, fluid on the
lungs and abnormal blood clotting which Dr. Gene Scott described to
his congregation during several months of continued live broadcasts. A
few days prior to his death, he experienced a stroke and entered into
a coma. While in this comatose state in Glendale Adventist Hospital,
Dr. William Eugene Scott suffered a fatal stroke and was pronounced
dead at 4:30 p.m. PST on Monday, February 21, 2005.
Other activities
The membership and interests of Dr. Scott included:
Los Angeles Central Library Save the Books telethon
Vice-Chairman of the Board of the Rose Bowl Aquatics Center and one of
its founding directors
Member, Board of "Rebuild L.A."
Member, Philatelic Foundation of New York
believerforsure
stature and was loved by thousands. And that is just the beginnig. He was
faithful in many years of ministry under Oral Roberts and Assemblies of
God with missionary work. And still faithful again in all his years of
ministry to us. Some of you have taken leave of your senses. Others are
just plain unsaved. You would frolick with demons condeming a man whom you
yourself is not worthy to accuse, let alone judge. Do you really think that
under the blood of Jesus, God would condem a man with that kind of record
for the little carnal shit you can muster in a gossip pit such as this?
How fucking dare you! I truly believe this is just exactly how God feels
about it. Just exactly the way I put it! Don't call yourself a Christian
in my presence if you are going to continue defaming a called man of God.
If you are going to continue tearing down the ministry he passed on, then
you are without scruples and without any manner of divine judgement. I
fear the spirit of God does not dwell in you and you are anathema. I
implore you, for all that is Holy, and for yourselves,
before the terrible time, to stop this madness
and separate yourselves in some agonizing reapraisal. BFS
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RE: "Many thousands of visitors have viewed Scott's shrinking
exhibition of
the "Dr. Gene Scott Bible Collection" with its many historic Bibles,
books, and manuscripts which is housed at the Los Angeles University
Cathedral. Gene Scott's widow, Melissa Scott, pastor, has had to sell
some of the precious bibles to meet her expenses.6"
gypsie: did anyone else see this?
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In 1975, while serving his Oroville ministry, Dr. Scott was
approached
to serve as a financial consultant for the forty-five-year-old "Faith
Center" church in Glendale, California, by its then pastor and
founder, religious broadcast pioneer Ray Schoch.
Faith Center owned four broadcast stations, which included KHOF-TV
channel 30 in San Bernardino, California, KHOF-FM 99.5 in Los
Angeles,
California, KVOF-TV channel 38 in San Francisco, California, and WHCT
channel 18 in Hartford, Connecticut. Faith Center was in crisis, both
financial and in regards to its leadership, because Schoch had
suffered severe cardiac problems.
Dr. Scott often stated that the congregation of Faith Center
unanimously voted him in as its new pastor with sixteen conditions
that he required that gave him complete control over the finances,
which included his $1.00 annual salary and an unlimited expense
account. Dr. Scott returned the church from the red while at the same
time he acquired valuable collections, treasured bibles, real estate,
and dissolved the polity, membership status of the congregation, and
the governance policies then in effect. Ultimately, all four
broadcast
licenses were revoked by the FCC."
gypsie: apparently doc dissolved any membership or polity right from
the git-go. missy was remiss in announcing this to the flock after doc
died cuz doc sure kept it a secret. doc took control of Faith Center's
finances which translates in docspeak that doc took control over this
church as financial consultant and was 'surprised' that he became
pastor.
emptycoffers
has sprinkled that Wikipedia bio with inserted
words that change the meaning. Those editors
must have been asleep at their posts. If it's
referenced and true then they are supposed
to leave in revisions.
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to
twins, one of whom died shortly after birth. His mother told an
interviewer in 1980 that she was visited by angels at this time,
stating that she "saw a stairway begin to roll down from heaven and
come right down to the side of my bed" and that "two angels walked
down, and they stopped in front of Gene." At this point, his mother
claims to have said, "Oh no, Lord, you take Gene!" and that the
angels
"just went around him and picked the baby up".
gypsie: Soooo, Mom Scott 'wanted' doc taken instead of the other twin?
That's not the way I heard it.
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who quickly agreed and pursued his move to save the historic
structure. Los Angeles Superior Court records show that after many
millions had been paid by Scott to
acquire the Church of the Open Door, a cloud on the title was alleged
by his associate, Lehua Garcia, in attempt to release Scott from his
purchaser obligations."
gypsie: A purchaser is never held liable for the seller's inability to
convey clear title. A cloud on the title as alleged by Lehua would
have caused the BUYER'S monies in escrow to be returned to him.
Therefore, the millions would have been returned to doc and ultimately
returned to the church.
gypsi...@gmail.com
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Whoever did this 'approved' version certainly did not like missy very
much. I'm amazed she approved it (or did she?). This scottbot is
pretty much telling it like it is and is flagging things that are/were
already surmised.
emptycoffers
usually see by clicking the history tab. It's supposed to
be objective and not subject to the approval of any one
person. There are Wikipedia rules and standards that
monitors not connected to the subject matter usually
make sure are observed. That's one reason why
some don't think Wikipedia is completely accurate.
The sources have to be verified, but small variations
or facts that are left out aren't caught.
emptycoffers
It's written somewhere that as soon as the
Faith Center leaders voted him in and gave him
total control, he fired all of them, or dissolved
their structure and standing. He was sly as a
fox. Who could have predicted his unlimited
expense account would include mansions
and horses, wineries and women.
Meanwhile the church coffers are and were
always too empty to meet church expenses,
including Dr Gene and his wife of the day.
Christine was paid a quarter milliion dollars
a year. How many tithes and offerings went
to her purse, for what value her contributions
were to the church.
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re Wikipedia, this is true. But, someone from the 'church' was
monitoring it and as soon as something untrue was posted, someone
would take is down. The different versions are here at afgs archives.
So, for this one to last for 45 days as the 'approved' version sez
something.
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True coffey, so true. When doc did not pay his staff or his bills on
behalf of the church it was cuz the 'donations' did not come in as
planned (at least this is what I was told), also, jest like missy, doc
did not share in any proceeds of his empire. He considered the church
separate and this is probably why there was soooo much neglect i.e.
KH1 and KH2. doc's professed budget of $300,000/week was a ballpark
as is missy's right neow (which btw is exactly the same as doc's years
ago even tho' the broadcast situation has changed). Interesting!
matt2442
matt2442:
That's not the way she told it either. I was in KH1 one Sunday where
she preached, and she told that story. The angels were about to take
young Gene Scott, who had been ill, and what Inez told them was "NO!!!
Don't take Gene, he's dedicated to the Lord to be a preacher!!"
matt2442
Matt2442:
So did the church ever get that 7 million dollars back?
tipoponini
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nope, not the church. but the bucks went straight to doc by this time
(I think)
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> Matt: I also heard what you did. She said-- don't take Gene.
that's how I heard it too
matt2442
matt2442:
Then suddenly, there were horses, and ranches, and horse trainers. Oh
yes, the money from the paintings bought all of that.
Obrien
Gypsieland wrote:
nope, not the church. but the bucks went straight to doc by this time
(I think)
Obrien wrote:
No doubt Dawkter Scowt pocketed the $7M from that rather brilliant scam.
It's not too dissimilar from what pro football owner, Al Davis pulled
years ago when he did some maneuvering in claiming that he wanted to move
The Raiders to the city of Irwindale. He pocketed millions on a proposed
stadium real estate deal, when in reality he had no real intentions of
moving the team in the first place.
Chaz Lambrusco
80's. I've hated him ever since.
rpbc
rpbc wrote: I heard Mom Scott say it that way too. She said, No...
'Don't take Gene, he's dedicated to the Lord to be a preacher'. I was
right there and heard her say it, explained the whold thing in detail.
emptycoffers
failed purchase because he couldn't come
up with the balance owed in time. That's
why he blames his followers for not having
enough faith. In his later years Dr. Scott was
heard to say that God didn't want him to go
there and he learned a lesson striking off on
his own plan that God didn't bless.
Lehua's lawsuit trying to cloud the title was a
ruse to try to get Dr. Scott out of it with his
money back. It didn't work when it was revealed
that she was one of his people and her
allegations were contrived. She also couldn't
produce any credible proof for her
preposterous claims.
napa
Inez was doc's mothers name? I read somewhere Inez was Missy's mothers
name. hmmm
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> - Show quoted text -
Yah I remember the Al Davis thing too. Funny how this bit of doc
memorabilia triggers this memory.
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> - Show quoted text -
no Inez was doc's mom not missy's
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yes, coffey. Thanks for clearing that up. Connecting the dots here
with others from those daze brings and clarifies the memories. Yup, it
was Lehua who tried to cloud the title with that 'only a
fundamentalist' can preach in the COD clause in the chain of title.
doc not being one (and consistently lambasting them) did not qualify
and, his story was that this cloud was discovered by Lehua, a member
of COD, and not presented to him and that is why COD did not close
escrow (in other words he and his flock was taken advantage of).
Seems like the settlement was that doc would get the 'Jesus Saves'
signs off the COD building. Which by all accounts would have been
pretty cheap seeing as COD was set to be torn down.
Like doc's schpiel re Faith Center and his motives for getting
involved was cuz the name 'Faith' was in its name and God's honor was
at stake. Likewise, doc did not want something as historic as the
Jesus Saves signs to be destroyed. When actually, there may be a grain
of truth in this but, doc wanted to save face by making himself out as
a martyr and savior of the face of Faith Center and again, God's
honor.
Re: JESUS SAVES signs..... pretty expensive huh?
rpbc
gypsie wrote:
Yah I remember the Al Davis thing too. Funny how this bit of doc
memorabilia triggers this memory.
rpbc wrote: I too had no regard for Al Davis or the Raiders after that
Irwindale fiasco. Gene Scott praised Al Davis for his business savey
dealing with the city of Irwindale.... basically, thought if the city was
stupid enough to enter into the deal it did with Davis, then they deserve
to lose their millions. Kind of like Scott regarded his loyal supporters.