Email
ben.mercer[at]scumoftheearth[dot]net

Job Title
Global Outreach Director

What I do at Scum
I try to prepare & provide service opportunities for the Scum community to reach out to our world on local, national, & global scales. As well as serving the writers & students @ Scum through co-leading the Eagle & Child & Super Cool University Ministry small groups.

Why I follow Christ
Because He’s proven to me time & time again that He loves me personally and the He is, has been & always will be with me no matter what I’ve done or will do.

Why I Work at Scum
Because it feels like home. Because I love the people who come: the broken and hurt. Because I love being able to support & encourage God’s people around the world. Because I love giving people opportunities to serve God across the globe.

Favorite Books
Lillith by George MacDonald
The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Collected Poems of William Blake
The Pendragon Cycle by Stephen Lawhead

Favorite Movies
The Crow
The Lord of the Rings
City of Lost Children
A Pyromaniac’s Love Story
Pan’s Labyrinth
X-Men

Favorite Albums
Joy Electric: christiansongs
Five Iron Frenzy: the End is Here
Over the Rhine: Good Dog, Bad Dog
Poor Old Lu: the Waiting Room
Waterdeep: Sink or Swim
Sixpence None the Richer: Divine Discontent
mewithoutYou: Catch for Us the Foxes
Stavesacre: Stavesacre