Dr. Tamara T. Scott accepted Jesus Christ as her personal Lord and Savior at an early age, baptized in the Christian Faith at the Landmark Baptist Tabernacle of Milton, Delaware. She received further Christian training at the Calvary Baptist Church of Dover, Delaware.
She was educated in the Cape Henlopen School District of Lewes, Delaware. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, where she majored in English and Secondary Education. She holds a Master of Arts degree in Organizational Management from the Virginia University of Lynchburg in Lynchburg, Virginia. Dr. Tamara T. Scott also has an earned doctorate in Leadership and Preaching from the United Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio as a Woods-Thomas Fellow.
She currently serves as the Spiritual Care Leader at the Galilee Baptist Church. Dr. Scott is privileged to serve as General Board Member of American Baptist Churches of USA where she chairs the World Disaster Relief Committee. Dr. Scott has served the Kingdom of God in many capacities over the years. Women’s Ministry, in particular, ministry to Pastor’s and Ministers’ wives and spouses are dear to her heart. Dr. T. Scott is an anointed and highly sought-after presenter, author, workshop facilitator and speaker. She finds joy in teaching and mentoring, applying and sharing the wisdom and knowledge that she has gained serving in ministry leadership over the past two decades.
In this season Dr. T. Scott has been admonished by God to be a catalyst for movement, growth and development within the body of Christ. Dr. Scott is an intercessor and prayer strategist. She incorporates prayer and intercession in her role locally as a Chaplain at Bronson Methodist Hospital. Dr. Scott is active in American Baptist Churches of Michigan, having served on the Board of Directors and as chair of the Family Ministries Team from 2017-2020. She is an active member of the American Baptist Minister’s Council, a Board Member of the Progressive National Baptist Convention, the PNBC Women in Ministry Initiative and the Metropolitan Kalamazoo Branch of the NAACP.
She is the partner in Christ and loving wife of Bishop Michael T. Scott I and together they have three adult children, Trinity M. Scott, Morgan T. Scott, and Michael T. Scott II.