Elder Alphonso Scott was installed as pastor of Lively Stone Church in Nortonville, Kentucky. During his pastorate there, he served as District Elder and Chairman of the First Apostolic Council of Kentucky and Tennessee. In 1987, after the death of his father, he relocated to St. Louis, Missouri to pastor Lively Stone Church of God, St. Louis. 

In 1989, Elder Scott was appointed to the episcopacy and was consecrated Bishop in the Pentecostal Assemblies of the World. From 1989-1995 he served as the Diocesan of the 38th Episcopal District, which encompasses the country of Haiti. From 1995-2000, he served as the Diocesan of the 11th Episcopal District, which is the First Apostolic Council of Kentucky and Tennessee.