Featuring Pastor Scott Slayback, LifeSpring Covenant Church, Loveland, CO
Pastor Scott Slayback brings together faith, community, and justice in his messages about the Gospel and about how Christians should engage with the world. His perspectives and insights come from a life lived on both coasts and a faith development both organically and intentionally.
Pastor Slayback did most of his growing up in Northern California. It was a location that taught him much and gave him many experiences. He studied Religion at the University of California at Davis. During his time there, he enjoyed cycling through the Napa Valley, backpacking in the Sierras, and working with junior high students.
Later, he studied Hebrew at Denver Seminary. It was there that he met his wife Julie. They later adopted a Vietnamese boy in December of 1998 and another in February 2001. The family settled for a number of years in New Jersey where Scott and Julie focused on raising their boys and building their ministry. Their cross-cultural experiences helped shape them as a family and as community members that encourage diversity and connection.
They moved to Loveland, Colorado from New Jersey in April of 1999 to join the staff of LifeSpring Covenant Church. In the summer of 2003, Pastor Slayback moved into the role of lead pastor. In that role Pastor Slayback has not only brought leadership to the ministries of LifeSpring but has helped shaped the consciousness of his congregation and awareness of his community on topics of faith, politics, race, and other important aspects of society. He has also helped extend the work of LifeSpring to other parts of the world, through missions and other global service efforts.
Pastor Slayback has both served at and developed LifeSpring as a church with a great vision for reaching out to our neighborhood, community and world.
G.L.O.B.A.L. was pleased to feature Pastor Slayback in our CONVERSATIONS video study series.