Together for Israel - Scott Volk

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Scott Volk was born on January 4, 1965 in Brooklyn, New York.
His father, Shelly, along with his mother, June, were successful 

American Jews enjoying an upper-middle-class lifestyle when 

Jesus radically transformed their lives in the early 1970′s you can 

read their riveting testimony in June Volk’s book 

The God Who Answers By Fire: A Jewish Saga). 

It was in the summer of 1975, while the Volk family was visiting 

Art Katz’s community in Northern Minnesota, that Scott 

gave his life to the God of Israel, recognizing Jesus as the 

Messiah of Israel and the savior of the world. One year later, the 

Volks moved to Northern Minnesota and served with Art in 

what was to be a life-long relationship until Art went home to
be with the Lord in 2007.

After graduating high school in 1982, Scott completed two years of 

study at Christ for the Nations in Dallas, Texas, and then transferred 

to North Central University in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he 

received his bachelor’s degree in Pastoral Studies. Upon graduating in 

1988, he married Beth and moved to Scottsdale, Arizona, where he 

served on the pastoral staff of a church until 1996. It was late in that 

year when Dr. Michael Brown (www.askdrbrown.org) invited Scott 

to join him in Pensacola, Florida, to serve as personal assistant to him 

and help with the administrative details of his growing ministry.

From 1997-2005, Scott had the privilege of serving in ministry with 

Dr. Brown as they traveled together around the world in all sorts of

 ministry settings. When the ministry that Dr. Brown birthed moved to 

Charlotte, North Carolina, a church was planted and Scott was 

asked to serve as the lead pastor of FIRE Church. He remained in 

that position until September of 2012, when he stepped down to 

dedicate himself to seeing Hineni expand into all that the Lord 

has destined it to be.

A DEFINING MOMENT

Although a Jewish believer in Jesus since age 10, Scott rarely 

identified with his Jewish roots or the Messianic culture; he actually 

felt more comfortable and at home in ‘church’ settings. After completing 

a tour which he leads annually to Israel, Scott was returning home on 

his trans-Atlantic flight when the unexpected happened:

“It was in June of 2010 while on a flight home from Israel that the 

Lord did a remarkable and most-unexpected work in my life. It was 

as if everything that I’ve heard from my childhood about Israel and 

God’s burden for that land and its people, went from my head to

 my heart. I felt at that moment as if God, Himself, gave me 

revelation as to the calling that He had on my life with regard to the

lost sheep of the house of Israel. Before this time, I’m ashamed to 

say that Israel was barely on my grid. In a nondescript and totally 

unexpected moment, I feel as if my life was radically changed. I now 

feel as if I’ve been born again again.”

As a result of that momentous flight, doors are miraculously opening 

for Scott to express this message to churches, bible studies, and 

conferences around the globe.

ARAB AND JEW – ULTIMATE RECONCILIATION

Another amazing aspect of Scott’s story is that his family is a living 

demonstration of the one new man message. Scott, a full-blooded 

Jew, and Beth, a full-blooded Arab (grandparents from both sides 

from Lebanon), have been happily married for over 23 years and 

have five beautiful children.

“I think it’s amazing that my kids have a little bit of Ishmael and a 

little bit of Isaac inside of them all. I’m foolish enough to believe 

that somehow, through the simple message of our family being truly 

united, that we can bring an empowering message of hope and 

reconciliation to the seemingly hopeless situation that faces many of 

our Arab and Jewish brothers in the world today. The Messiah’s 

prayer in John 17 indicates that the world would know that He was 

sent from the Father when those that believe in Him are one. The 

greatest evangelistic tool that we have today is the unity of the Spirit 

and it’s my prayer and desire to contend for that unity wherever I 

am privileged to go.”

The Volks reside in Charlotte, North Carolina along with their 5 

children Alysa, Jonathan, Joseph, Emily, and Olivia.



Left to Right: Olivia (2), Joseph (18), Alysa (22), Jonathan (20), Emily (16)