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
Through our Followers of Christ Prison Ministry, we reach out to help prisoners in the Nebraska State Penitentiary System to know the transformational love of Jesus Christ. The Synod’s prison ministry has touched countless lives and helped provide much needed spiritual support to those who have participated, particularly those who transition back from prison life to society at large.
Ministry Leader: Pastor S. Omar Vila
Location: Omaha
Iglesia Luterana San Andres is a redeveloped congregation that serves the immigrant Latino population in south Omaha. San Andres seeks partnerships with other Nebraska Synod congregations.
Ministry Leader: Pastor William Voss
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, and pastoral care.
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 Lutheran Church in Ralston. They provide Sunday worship opportunities in their tribal languages (Nile- Nuer and Messiah- Dinka). They also provide Bible study, fellowship, and service opportunities.
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