BIO
Scott Fehrenbacher, President/CEO
Scott is passionate about growing ministries and faith-based organizations. To help faith-based organizations better accomplish their missions, he founded Goodbye Ordinary as a solutions consulting firm.
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Scott has spent more than two decades serving as a Christian leader across all facets of ministries, denominations, and faith-based business. He has served as: 1) the CEO of a faith-based publicly traded company; 2) the CEO of a Chrisitan ministry with more than one million members; 3) the President of a division in a global denomination; and 4) a Senior Executive at three major Christian universities in the United States and Canada. In addition to his roles as a full-time professional, Scott has held board seats on several Christian boards, including multiple terms on the Gospel Music Association (GMA) board based in Nashville, Tennessee.
Throughout his experience in Christian organizations, he has observed complacency and a willingness to accept mediocrity. His phrase "virtuous mediocrity" reflects a pattern of accepting mediocrity, even embracing mediocrity, because the risk of innovation and excellence seemed too great.
Scott recognized a similar passion from his friend Bart Millard, founder and lead singer of MercyMe, while working closely with him during tours with the Rock and Worship Roadshow. In their song, "Goodbye Ordinary", they challenged Christian ministries and organizations to not be content with the status quo, but to reach for more - for what God has prepared for them. Scott's practice was inspired by the song with the blessing of Bart and MercyMe.
Experience
Business Enterprises
Nonprofits
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Scott was President / CEO of Crosswalk.com - a publicly traded faith-based company (NASDAQ symbol AMEN) based in Washington DC. Crosswalk.com was the world's largest Christian internet portal.
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Scott was President / CEO of New Iron Media - a private media agency working with Christian organizations to increase revenue. It's clientele included Focus on the Family and ChristianBook.com.
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Scott serves as CEO of Habitat for Humanity Greater Vancouver in Vancouver Canada.
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Scott served on the Board of Directors of the Gospel Music Association (GMA) for America for two terms.
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Scott was President / CEO of the Presidential Prayer Team Ministry in the United States.
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Scott served as President of the Steward Mutual Funds Group - a part of Assemblies of God Financial Services.
Faith-based Education
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Scott served as Senior Vice President at Grand Canyon University in Phoenix, Arizona. Grand Canyon University is America's largest Christian university.
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Scott served as Senior Vice President at Trinity Western University in Vancouver BC. Trinity Western University is Canada's largest Christian univeristy.
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Scott served as CEO of The King's College in New York City as part of their partnership with Primacorp Ventures.
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Scott served two terms on the Board of Directors for Colorado Springs Christian Schools.