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'''Scott Lamar Tatum''' (July 31, 1920<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/scott-tatum/e814025302872|title=Scott Tatum|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=October 4, 2018}}</ref> &ndash; September 21, 2018) was a [[Southern Baptist]] [[clergy]]man, the [[pastor]] emeritus of Broadmoor Baptist Church in [[Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]]. During his tenure, Broadmoor was for a time the largest church in the Louisiana Baptist Convention.<ref name=stimes>{{cite web|url=https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/life/2017/06/14/after-75-years-shreveport-couple-knows-thing-two-love/396439001/|title=After 75 years, Shreveport couple knows a thing or two about love|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=June 17, 2017|accessdate=October 5, 2018}}</ref> On the church board of directors was [[Clyde Fant]], a Broadmoor resident and the [[mayor]] of Shreveport from 1946 to 1954 and 1958 to 1970.

'''Scott Lamar Tatum''' (July 31, 1920<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/scott-tatum/e814025302872|title=Scott Tatum|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=October 4, 2018}}</ref> &ndash; September 21, 2018) was a [[Southern Baptist]] [[clergy]]man, the [[pastor]] emeritus of Broadmoor Baptist Church in [[Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]]. During his tenure, Broadmoor was for a time the largest church in the Louisiana Baptist Convention.<ref name=stimes>{{cite web|url=https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/life/2017/06/14/after-75-years-shreveport-couple-knows-thing-two-love/396439001/|title=After 75 years, Shreveport couple knows a thing or two about love|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=June 17, 2017|accessdate=October 5, 2018}}</ref> On the church board of directors was [[Clyde Fant]], a Broadmoor resident and the [[mayor]] of Shreveport from 1946 to 1954 and 1958 to 1970.

Born in Converse in Sabine Parish in northwestern Louisiana, Tatum was one of seven children, six now deceased, of James Wilson Tatum and the former Maggie Hood. He was reared in nearby Mansfield in DeSoto Parish. He graduated from Mansfield High School, [[Baylor University]] in [[Waco, Texas|Waco]], [[Texas]], and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in [[Fort Worth]], Texas, at which he earned the degree Doctor of Theology. After several early pastorates in Texas, Tatum was the pastor of Broadmoor Baptist Church from 1951 to 1974. For the following fourteen years, he taught preaching at Southwestern Seminary.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=scott-lamar-tatum&pid=190316607&fhid=10218|title=Scott Tatum obituary|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=September 26, 2018|accessdate=October 4, 2018}}</ref> At Southwestern, Tatum espoused the unusual view that the [[Apostle Paul]] did not regard his [[New Testament]] writings to be Scripture.<ref name=zoom>{{cite web|url=https://www.zoominfo.com/p/Scott-Tatum/273243988|title=Scott L. Tatum|publisher=Zoominfo.com|accessdate=October 5, 2018}}</ref>

Born in Converse in Sabine Parish in northwestern Louisiana, Tatum was one of seven children, all deceased, of James Wilson Tatum and the former Maggie Hood. He was reared in nearby Mansfield in DeSoto Parish. He graduated from Mansfield High School, [[Baylor University]] in [[Waco, Texas|Waco]], [[Texas]], and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in [[Fort Worth]], Texas, at which he earned the degree Doctor of Theology. After several early pastorates in Texas, Tatum was the pastor of Broadmoor Baptist Church from 1951 to 1974. For the following fourteen years, he taught preaching at Southwestern Seminary.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=scott-lamar-tatum&pid=190316607&fhid=10218|title=Scott Tatum obituary|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=September 26, 2018|accessdate=October 4, 2018}}</ref> At Southwestern, Tatum espoused the unusual view that the [[Apostle Paul]] did not regard his [[New Testament]] writings to be Scripture.<ref name=zoom>{{cite web|url=https://www.zoominfo.com/p/Scott-Tatum/273243988|title=Scott L. Tatum|publisher=Zoominfo.com|accessdate=October 5, 2018}}</ref>

Tatum was a trustee for Southwestern Seminary,  [[Louisiana College]] in [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]], Southeastern Seminary in Wake Forest, [[North Carolina]], and the Southern Baptist Sunday School Board in [[Nashville]], [[Tennessee]].. He was president of the Louisiana Baptist Convention from 1964 to 1965 and preached the annual sermon at the Southern Baptist Convention in 1969, which met that year in [[New Orleans]]. Particularly interested in missions, he preached in numerous overseas assignments and revivals. Tatum is a "Distinguished Alumnus" of Southwestern Seminary, at which a preaching chapel there is named in his honor.<ref name=obit/>

Tatum was a trustee for Southwestern Seminary,  [[Louisiana College]] in [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]], Southeastern Seminary in Wake Forest, [[North Carolina]], and the Southern Baptist Sunday School Board in [[Nashville]], [[Tennessee]].. He was president of the Louisiana Baptist Convention from 1964 to 1965 and preached the annual sermon at the Southern Baptist Convention in 1969, which met that year in [[New Orleans]]. Particularly interested in missions, he preached in numerous overseas assignments and revivals. Tatum is a "Distinguished Alumnus" of Southwestern Seminary, at which a preaching chapel there is named in his honor.<ref name=obit/>