About

Pastor Scott Andrew Williams

Co-Lead Pastor · Narrative ChurchChief Innovation Officer · HumanAuthor

You weren't created broken. You were created to shine. I've spent 20 years helping people recover that truth — in pulpits and in tech companies.

20+: Years in ministry
2: Roles, one calling
5: Countries served
2: Books (1 published; 1 forthcoming)

The story

From Great Recession to grace

After Fuller Seminary, I couldn't find a ministry position — the economy had collapsed. With a young family to provide for, I taught myself to code. What felt like failure turned out to be preparation.

"In hindsight, this wasn't Plan B. It was preparation. Living between Sunday sermons and Monday morning standups revealed something profound: God isn't just interested in 'spiritual' work."

— Scott Andrew Williams

That tension — pastoral heart, technology fluency, bivocational reality — became the lens through which everything else sharpened. It's why I can speak to the AI question with a theological answer, not just a tech opinion. And it's why the Design First framework I teach isn't abstract: I've had to live it.

The Journey

Westmont
Business + Spanish Literature
Two degrees because one passion was never going to be enough.
International
Guatemala · Peru · Mexico · Costa Rica
Ministry across cultures taught me that the imago Dei question transcends every boundary.
Fuller Seminary
Master of Divinity · Hebrew & Greek
Three years of Hebrew, Greek, exegesis, and homiletics — learning to read Scripture in its original languages and preach it with integrity. Seminary sharpened the theological instincts that ground everything else.
Great Recession
Self-Taught Programming
No ministry position available. Young family to feed. Built what became a 20-year tech career — from a pastor's desk.
Today
Co-Lead Pastor · CIO · Author
Narrative Church, Costa Mesa. Chief Innovation Officer at Human. Writing and speaking at the intersection of ancient truth and digital life.

What I bring

Theological depth
Seminary-trained with Hebrew and Greek. Everything is grounded in careful exegesis — then translated for real life.
Technology & Workplace Fluency
20+ years building in the tech industry, currently as CIO. The work & AI conversations aren't theoretical — they're Tuesday morning.
Pastoral heart
Church planting, hospital rooms, pandemics. Real pastoral work with real people through real suffering.
Cross-cultural reach
Fluent in Spanish and a love for all God's people — with ministry across Latin America. These truths cross every cultural line.

Who this is for

Tired Christians who've lost passion for their faith
Questioners wondering if Christianity is still relevant
Anyone unsettled by what AI means for their sense of worth
Those hungry for faith-driven purpose in this life

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From Great Recession to grace

Business + Spanish Literature

Guatemala · Peru · Mexico · Costa Rica

Master of Divinity · Hebrew & Greek

Self-Taught Programming

Co-Lead Pastor · CIO · Author

Theological depth

Technology & Workplace Fluency

Pastoral heart

Cross-cultural reach