A former resident of Pittsburgh, PA, Reverend John R. Scotland began serving the Community Presbyterian Church congregation in June of 1991.  Prior to moving to Brigantine, John served at the First United Presbyterian Church of Allegheny on the north side of Pittsburgh where he was the Associate Pastor for the congregation and Associate Director of its Neighborhood Community House (1981-1990).  Reverend Scotland also served as the Interim Director of the Presbyterian Health Education and Welfare Association and was the Associate for Social Welfare Organizations for the Presbyterian Church (USA) in Louisville Kentucky (1990-1991).

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Reverend Scotland’s formal education includes the College of Wooster in Ohio where he majored in Urban Studies (1977), a graduate of Pittsburgh Theological Seminary majored in Ethics (1981), the University of Pittsburgh, School of Social Work major in Community Organizing (1981), postgraduate degree work at Rutgers University Bloustein School of Public Policy (2001-2005).