Scott Finley retired after 30 years at Walkers Chapel Baptist Church, Fultondale, where he was bivocational minister of music.
He spent a total of 52 years in active church ministry. Finley holds a bachelor’s degree in music education from Florence State University (now University of North Alabama) and a master’s degree in religious education from New Orleans Seminary; he was licensed to the ministry in 1977 by Corinth Heights Baptist Church, Haleyville, and ordained in 1979 by Alberta Baptist Church, Tuscaloosa.
In addition to Walkers Chapel, Finley served as minister of music, Fultondale First Baptist Church; minister of music and youth, Hillview Baptist Church, Forestdale; Woodley Baptist Church, Montgomery (now Thorington Road Baptist Church); Alberta Baptist Church, Tuscaloosa; minister of music, Immanuel Baptist Church, Morgan City, Louisiana; and various churches in Florence and Bessemer.
In many of the churches, he also worked with senior adults. For much of Finley’s career, he was bivocational.
He and his wife, Frieda, have been married for 47 years and have two sons and two grandchildren. They are now members of First Baptist Church Birmingham, and Finley is available for interim music ministry positions.
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