One-Eighty Counseling and Education consists of counselors, instructors, contracted staff and volunteers who provide counseling, counseling training and helpful resources for church members, counselors and leaders. We are passionate about God’s program, the local church, and the power of God’s Word to transform lives.
For years, Executive Director, Dr. Stuart Scott, has been encouraged to provide counseling training locally and consistently to lay leaders and members. In the summer of 2013, Dr. Scott’s burden came together with vision, development and administrative help from like-minded friends and One-Eighty was born.
The phrase 180° communicates a change in direction – a complete, intentional turn of course in desires, thinking, and behavior. One-Eighty Counseling and Education draws our name from this concept because we believe that a true and lasting 180° change in a person’s life is possible. We believe this sort of redemptive transformation is possible only through the movement of God that comes through redemption in Christ and the resources he has provided; the power of the Holy Spirit, the Word, a community of believers (the church), and often, a trusted and knowledgeable counselor who is willing and able to come alongside the hurting.
We have been certified with Ministry Ventures since 2014.
Strengthening the local church’s ability to provide biblical soul-care to its people.
MISSION
Providing Scripture-based discipleship counseling training through seminars, counseling services and practical, life-changing resources.
VALUES
- Submission to the authority of Christ and his Word
- Love for the local church
- Passion for the power of God’s Word to transform lives
Who We Are
Stuart Scott
Executive Director
Professor of Biblical Counseling, The Master’s University
Associate Professor of Biblical Counseling, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary;
Fellow, Association of Certified Biblical Counselors (ACBC);
D.Min., Covenant Theological Seminary;
Th.M., The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
M.Div., Grace Theological Seminary;
B.A., Columbia International University
Dr. Stuart Scott teaches in the area of biblical counseling at The Master’s University graduate program in Santa Clarita, CA. He also teaches adjunctly at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, KY. He brings more than 35 years of experience in counseling and pastoral ministry, including nine years as associate pastor of family ministries and counseling at Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, CA, serving under John MacArthur. He serves currently as the Member Care Director and a Fellow with the Association of Certified Biblical Counselors (ACBC).
Dr. Scott is the author of The Exemplary Husband; From Pride to Humility; Communication and Conflict Resolution; Anger, Fear and Anxiety; Biblical Manhood, Leadership and Decision Making; The Faithful Parent: A Biblical Guide for Parenting (co-authored with Martha Peace); and most recently, Killing Sinful Habits: Conquering Sin with Radical Faith (co-authored with his wife, Zondra Scott). He has contributed to Think Biblically, Christianity and Counseling – Five Approaches and co-edited Counseling the Hard Cases.
Dr. Scott and his wife Zondra have been married for over 36 years and have two grown children, Christa and Marc, and two grandchildren. They currently live in Santa Clarita, CA.
Board of Directors
Dr. Scott is joined on the Board of Directors by
Brad Bigney
M.Div., Board Member
Brad Bigney has been a pastor for twenty-five years, serves as a conference speaker and is an ACBC certified biblical counselor. He is a graduate of Columbia Biblical Seminary (M.Div.), and has served as Senior Pastor of Grace Fellowship Evangelical Free Church in Florence, Kentucky since 1996. He and his wife Vicki have five children.
Lance Quinn
M.Div., Th.M., Board Member
Lance served previously at Grace Church from 1986-1996 as a staff pastor, as well as John MacArthur’s personal assistant. From 1996-2011, he was the pastor-teacher of The Bible Church of Little Rock in Little Rock, Arkansas. He currently oversees Grace Advance, which seeks to provide pastoral leadership for developing churches. He also pastors the Joint Heirs fellowship group. He is a graduate of Arkansas State University, The Master’s Seminary (M.Div. and Th.M.), and the Evangelische Theologische Faculteit in Leuven, Belgium. He and his wife, Beth, have eight children.
Adam Tyson
M.Div.,D.Min., Board Member
Adam was born and raised in a Christian home in Georgia. After attending medical school, he became a physician’s assistant and worked in cardiovascular and thoracic surgery in Savannah for four years. While serving in his local church, he felt an overwhelming desire to pursue the glory of God through theological training and the opportunity to serve the Lord in full-time ministry. Adam had the privilege of attending The Master’s Seminary for both an M.Div. (2005) and D.Min. (2013). Adam served as an associate pastor of student ministries and outreach at Lakeside Bible Church in Montgomery, Texas for seven and a half years. He has a passion for expository preaching, biblical counseling, world-wide missions, and reaching the community of Santa Clarita with the gospel! Adam has been married to his lovely wife, Lisa, since 2004, and they have been blessed with five children: Anna, Nate, Micaiah, Hudson, and Zoe
Advisory Board
Executive Director Stuart Scott’s leadership is enhanced and supported by the members of One-Eighty’s Advisory Board, many of whom advise and consult with Dr. Scott on a regular basis. One-Eighty Counseling and Education extends its gratitude to these trusted and faithful advisors:
- Ray Heck, Biblical Counselor
- Bill Hoagland, MD
- Heath Lambert, Executive Pastor, First Baptist Church, Jacksonville, FL
- Nathan Millican, Pastor, Foothills Church, Phoenix, AZ
- Martha Peace, Biblical Counselor and Author