Scott D. MacDonald serves as director for the Tom Elliff Center for Missions and associate professor of theology with Arizona Christian University. He previously served with the Canadian Baptist Theological Seminary/College and the Baptist Theological Seminary of Zambia. He enjoys equipping Christians to use their vocations for the glory of God among the nations, and as a writer, he explores issues pertaining to Global Theology, Christian Missions, Byang Kato, Church History, Pneumatology, Spiritual Warfare, Biblical Demonology, Prayer, New Testament, and Multicultural Communities. He is currently the general editor and lead contributor for the upcoming Spiritual Warfare Study Bible. More than anything, Scott likes to research in such a way that it enhances his ministry to his family, his church, his students, and his community. He is married to Michal, and they have four children - Malachi, Adelaide, Isaiah, and Aliza.

Check out these books! In 2026, he co-wrote Why Doesn't God Answer My Prayers? A Biblical Guide to God's Hidden Purposes with Erwin Lutzer (Amazon and Moody). In 2021, he wrote Demonology for the Global Church: A Biblical Approach in a Multicultural Age (Amazon and Langham).