G. Scott Morris (born March 6, 1954 in San Diego, California) is the founder and executive director of Church Health in Memphis, Tennessee.[1] A medical doctor and ordained minister in the United Methodist Church, he is a leader in the field of faith and health and an advocate for the poor in U.S. society.[2]

Dr. Morris is married to Mary Gilliland Morris and lives in Midtown Memphis.

Education and professional life

After graduating with his B.S. from the University of Virginia, Morris earned his Masters of Divinity from Yale Divinity School and then his medical degree from Emory University. Morris spent time working at a clinic called Crossroads in Raleigh, North Carolina before moving to Memphis to open the Church Health Center on September 1, 1987.[3] The Church Health Center, now Church Health, began as a clinic for the working uninsured and has since expanded to include exercise and nutrition programming, healthcare advisory assistance for people enrolling in Church Health's MEMPHIS Plan, Medicare, Medicaid, and Affordable Care Act Marketplace plans, and a Congregational Health Promoter program. Morris also served an associate pastor at St. John's United Methodist Church in Memphis through 2016.[4]

Morris received the Excellence in Medicine Award from the American Medical Association in 2008.[5] Morris also received the Yale Divinity School Alumni Award for Distinction in Congregational Ministry in 1996.[6]

Publications

Morris is the author of the books Relief for the Body, Renewal for the Soul and Health Care You Can Live With and he is the editor of two books of sermons, I Am the Lord that Heals You and Hope & Healing: Words from the Clergy of a Southern City. Morris writes a column for the Daily Memphian.

Dr. Morris' newest book is Care: How People of Faith Can Respond to Our Broken Health System (Erdmanns ISBN 978-0-8028-8237-0).

Footnotes

  1. ↑ "Commercial Appeal Bio". Retrieved 2009-01-23.
  2. ↑ "Interview with Bob Abernathy on PBS' Religion and Ethics Newsweekly". Retrieved 2009-01-23.
  3. ↑ "History of the Church Health Center". Retrieved 2009-01-23.
  4. ↑ Bio on the St. John's UMC website Archived 2012-03-19 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 28 December 2011.
  5. ↑ (PDF) http://www.ama-assn.org/ama1/pub/upload/mm/367/lead_award_winner_08.pdf. Retrieved 2011-12-28. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. ↑ "Listing of Past Recipients of Yale Divinity Alumni Awards". Archived from the original on 2009-02-25. Retrieved 2009-01-23.
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