SO, WHO IS SCOTT?
Scott Humston
Pastor • Leadership Keynote Speaker
30+ Years • 3M+ People Reached
I wasn’t supposed to be a communicator. I was born with a speech defect that made public speaking, public communication not very likely. But somewhere in that struggle, I learned something that changed everything about how I lead and how I speak.
That discovery became an obsession. Thirty years and three million people later, I’m still asking the same question leaders ask me: How do we build something that doesn’t just succeed? How do we build something that matters?
That’s what Lead With Imagination is about. A framework for moving from vision that’s functional to vision that’s transformational — rooted in something bigger than the next initiative or the metrics we can measure.
Because the leaders who change things aren’t the ones with the best plans. They’re the ones who help people see what didn’t exist before.
And that’s exactly the kind of impact I believe I can make at your next gathering.
THE PASTOR AND THE FRAMEWORK
Scott serves as Family and Connections Pastor at First Baptist Church of Mount Dora, Florida — a role that keeps him anchored in the daily realities of leadership: building teams, casting vision, navigating change, and helping people find their place inside a story larger than themselves. It’s not background to his speaking. It’s the laboratory where everything he teaches gets tested in real life, week after week.
Out of that pastoral work — and thirty years of studying how the most imaginative leaders in history actually operated — Scott developed the framework that now defines his platform: Lead With Imagination.
The framework draws on two unlikely sources. C.S. Lewis, the Oxford don whose own imagination was “baptized” by a fantasy novel before his intellect had caught up, and who understood that human beings are moved first by what they can see — not what they can argue. And Walt Disney, who didn’t just dream bigger than everyone around him — he built a repeatable, disciplined system for turning impossible vision into tangible reality.
Together, Lewis and Disney answer the question Scott puts in front of every audience: What kind of imagination are you cultivating? Because functional imagination — the kind that serves immediate goals and optimizes the present — eventually runs out of fuel. What leaders actually need is something deeper: imagination rooted in a purpose large enough to sustain them across a lifetime of leading.
THE COMMUNICATOR
Scott holds a B.A. in Communication Studies and Dramatic Art, and has spent his career studying what it takes to communicate in ways that move people — not just inform them. He has spoken at leadership conferences, church gatherings, denominational events, and organizational summits across the country and internationally, including appearances recognized by presidents, general superintendents, and heads of some of the world’s largest Christian organizations.
He is the founder and CEO of The Motivation Resource Group and serves as President of New Dimensions Evangelism, a 501(c)(3) organization committed to faith-based outreach and community engagement. His editorial work has appeared in The Linking Ring Magazine, and his presence has been felt on international platforms including the BBC.
But the credential Scott values most isn’t a platform appearance or an organizational title. It’s this: when leaders leave a session, they don’t just feel inspired. They leave with a system — a repeatable, practical framework they can implement before the week is out. Wonder without a method is just entertainment. Scott’s work is the bridge between the two.
THE MAN
Scott has been married to his wife Debi for more than thirty years. They live in Mount Dora, Florida — a small town he genuinely loves. Their four adult children have since built lives of their own, though the Humston dinner table remains the kind of place where curiosity is still the main course. He believes the best leaders are also the most curious people in the room, and he is still, after all these years, trying to be one of them.