Scott Laird became a Christian through the campus ministry at Montana State University in Bozeman, MT in 1978. There he met his wife of forty-four years, Patty. They have two children and four grandchildren.
Scott has been supported in ministry for over forty-three years. Scott and Patty were missionaries to Canada for twelve years before moving back to Montana to serve as the evangelist for the Great Falls Church of Christ. Scott began his thirty-first year of ministry in Great Falls on November 1, 2025, where he now serves in a part-time capacity, having handed the preaching role to Matt Burleson on June 30, 2024. Great Falls is home to Malmstrom Air Force Base, making for a very transitory church. Since 1994, Scott has helped the church send over 850 individuals into ministry opportunities in the United States and around the world. The church averages about 200 in person.
Outside the traditional roles of preaching and teaching, Scott invests in the wellbeing and unity of the churches in the northwestern plains of the United States and Canada as a consultant and leader. Since July 1, 2025, Scott has served as Co-Executive Director of the Kite Center for Ministry at York University in York, NE, which equips and encourages small and rural churches in the Midwest, Northern Plains, and Rocky Mountain regions. These opportunities let Scott use his primary gifts of leadership, discipleship, evangelism, and small groups.