Leadership
Scott & Cathy Miller - Senior Pastors
Scott and Cathy have served in several churches and ministries within the United States and abroad in Africa and Asia. Having met each other and Jesus while serving in the United States Air Force, they are excited to serve within the Greater Stuttgart area which has many military families and English speaking residents. Scott and Cathy have been married for over 30 years and have three beautiful daughters and two sons-in-law.
Scott & Danica Elmblad - First Impressions and church Care Pastors
Scott and Danica met in 2013 at SMCC in Böblingen, Germany where Scott was part of the team, along with the “Five Families”, that assisted in starting SMCC. They were friends for three years and then finally realized that God put them together for a reason and they married on December 17, 2016.
Scott serves SMCC on the Men’s Ministry leadership team, as a Growth Group Leader and Advisory Council member, and leads the First Impressions team. He completed his pastoral credentialing coursework through the Berean Bible School at Global University and has a call for Pastoral Care. Currently, he works as a contractor at United States Africa Command and serves as an Ensign in the United States Navy Reserves.
Rebekah Reed - Director of children’s ministries and administrative assistant
Rebekah Reed was born in Illinois and gave her life to Jesus Christ at an early age. At the age of six, Rebekah sensed the call of God to missionary service. Her family lived in Pennsylvania for short time, and then moved to Green Bay, Wisconsin in 2006.
Rebekah was an involved member of Central Church (Assembly of God) in Green Bay and enjoyed serving in children’s ministries, prayer ministry, and on short-term missions trips. She was home-schooled from preschool through 12th grade. After graduating in 2010, Rebekah taught violin privately for eight years and was self-employed as a daycare assistant and personal assistant.
God began to stir up Rebekah’s calling toward overseas missions work 2018, and she took a six-week missions exploration trip to Europe in 2019. Following her return, she worked as a mail carrier for the U.S. Postal Service, while preparing for missions. In February of 2020 she was invited by Matt and Stacey Leighty to join them in ministry as a missionary associate with Assemblies of God World Missions (AGWM), and she arrived at SMCC in April 2021.
Matt & Stacey Leighty - Founding Pastors
Matt & Stacey founded Stuttgart Missional Church in November of 2012 and served as the pastors of SMCC until February 2023.