Leadership Team

The Rev. Dr. Don Scofield has served as pastor of Rutherfordton Presbyterian Church since January 2001.  Prior to Rutherfordton, he served churches in Newark and Somerville, New Jersey; Mount Airy, North Carolina; and Petersburg, West Virginia.  Don is a graduate of The College of William and Mary, Princeton Theological Seminary, and McCormick Theological Seminary. 

For the Presbytery of Western NC, Don has served on the Committee on Ministry (Chair), the Transition Management Team, the Administrative Board (Chair), the Joint Outdoor Ministry Committee, the Administrative Commission for Churches Concluding their Ministry, the Finance Committee (Co-Chair), numerous Administrative Commissions, as Moderator of Presbytery (2013), and as Commissioner to the 2016 General Assembly of the PCUSA.

Don and his wife, Donna (a high school chemistry and physics teacher), have five grown children -Hope, Jessie, Kate, Will, and Zach - spread across three states and 1 foreign country.