Hi. I'm Scott Kenson (pseudonym). I work in a restricted access area of the world (hence the pseudonym). I spent 8 years teaching in a seminary at the master's level in a RAN, which gave me a lot of experience teaching non-western students, which led me to write my doctoral dissertation on teaching hermeneutics to non-western learners. When we were unable to return to the RAN in which we had been serving, the Lord led our family to another nearby country. We now work in a more rural area, helping with a church plant, and training less educated men (highschool education or lower) how to be pastors in more rural areas. All this experience has taught me much about how to shape pastoral training to fit the social and cultural needs of the society (rural pastors with a highschool education need different training than urban pastors who hold a master's degree). Working in church plants in two different countries, in two different settings (urban and rural) has given me much appreciation for what different churches need from their pastors.

I hope to learn much from our discussions on this platform, and pray that our discussions will be mutually beneficial as we seek to serve the Lord in our various ministries.

Scott