Scott Aniol

Scott M. (Aniol) Aniol is a Christian pastor, author, and the editor-in-chief and executive vice-president of G3 Ministries.

He is currently an elder of Pray's Mill Baptist Church in Douglasville, Georgia, and was ordained to the eldership on September 10, 2023.

Aniol has served as an elder of Pray's Baptist Church in Douglasville, Georgia since September 2023.

He has a BMus from Bob Jones University (2003) in Greenville, South Carolina and has also earned MMus degree from Northern Illinois University (2006) in DeKalb, Illinois, and a MTS degree from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (2015) in Fort Worth, Texas.

From 2003-2008, Aniol was an associate pastor at First Baptist Church in Rockford, Illinois.

In 2008, he founded Religious Affections Ministries and began traveling full-time, speaking in churches, colleges, seminaries, and conferences.

Aniol was hired to the faculty of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in the fall of 2012, where he currently holds the position of Associate Professor and Chair of the Worship Ministry Department.

In September 2021, Aniol joined the staff of G3 Ministries as the editor-in-chief and executive vice-president, and has since published multiple books through G3 Press.

Aniol has also contributed a number of online articles to the G3 Blog.

Aniol obtained his PhD in Ministry and Worship at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (2013).

Aniol gained notoriety as a critic of Christian hip hop when he engaged in an extended debate on the subject in 2014 with Christian rapper Shai Linne.