Nebraska Synod ELCA
Mission Field Nebraska ministries build partnerships that address critical needs within the Nebraska Synod by caring for those in need; providing a spiritually welcoming place for newcomers to our communities, our state and our nation; and seeking to share the Gospel in places where the Church has traditionally been unfamiliar.
Ministry Leader: David Pinkston
Location: Statewide
Seeking the Spirit Within is the Nebraska Synod’s response to an ever-increasing need for qualified individuals to help provide spiritual direction and lead spiritual retreats. Spiritual direction is an ancient form of strengthening and encouraging one another in our personal relationship with Jesus Christ. Spiritual direction seeks to attend to God’s activity in the lives of both director and directee. While recognizing and honoring the spiritual beliefs and practices or other faiths, Seeking the Spirit Within is a Christian-based approach to spiritual direction.
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Ministry Leader: Rev. Rob Corum
Location: Lincoln
Followers of Christ leads worship (as part of a rotation of Protestant ministries), Bible Studies and small groups for populations at the Nebraska State Penitentiary, the Nebraska Correctional Center for Women, and the Reception and Treatment Center (including long term care and hospice), to change hearts, build community, and help people who are incarcerated develop the unity and support of the Body of Christ during incarceration and plan to continue in it beyond.
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Ministry Leader: Pastor S. Omar Vila
Location: Omaha
Iglesia Luterana San Andres is a congregation that serves the immigrant Latino/Latinx population in south Omaha. In addition to regular worship and bible study offerings, San Andres is home to one of the largest food pantries in partnership with the Foodbank for the Heartland in all of Nebraska, feeding and meeting our neighbor's needs. San Andres seeks partnerships with other Nebraska Synod congregations. Learn more on their website.
Ministry Leader: Rector Joe Hubbard
Location: Scottsbluff
Lakota Lutheran Center and Chapel was established in 1989 in partnership with the Native American community of Scottsbluff and Gering, Nebraska. Lakota Lutheran Center serves as a congregational-based social ministry, emphasizing culturally appropriate worship and prayer, children’s education, pastoral care, community development and through providing regular community meals.
Locations: Omaha and Ralston
Nebraska is home to the largest Sudanese population in the nation and the Nebraska Synod is responding. Sudanese outreach ministry is underway at Nile Lutheran Chapel in Omaha and Messiah Sudanese Worshiping Community in Omaha. They provide Sunday worship opportunities in their tribal languages (Nile-Nuer and Messiah-Dinka). They also provide Bible study, fellowship, and service opportunities. Additionally, the synod walks with a Sudanese Moban worshiping community, which meets at Grace Lutheran in Omaha, and a Nuer worshiping community, which meets at First Lutheran in Lincoln.
If you are interested in supporting the Mission Field Nebraska ministries of the Nebraska Synod, please visit our online giving site.
Director for Mission, Innovation, and Stewardship