The Rev. Scott Alan Johnson (he/him)
@nebsynodbishop.bsky.social
Bishop of the Nebraska Synod, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
A letter from bishops of the ELCA to the Church
A letter from Bishops of the ELCA to the Church
October 8, 2025
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October 9, 2025 at 1:29 AM
A letter from bishops of the ELCA to the Church
Reposted by The Rev. Scott Alan Johnson (he/him)
Rev. Yehiel Curry succeeds Rev. Elizabeth Eaton, who served for 12 years and was the first woman to lead the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
Largest US Lutheran denomination installs first Black presiding bishop
Rev. Yehiel Curry succeeds Rev. Elizabeth Eaton, who served for 12 years and was the first woman to lead the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
n.pr
October 5, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Rev. Yehiel Curry succeeds Rev. Elizabeth Eaton, who served for 12 years and was the first woman to lead the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
Reposted by The Rev. Scott Alan Johnson (he/him)
First African American presiding bishop, Bishop Yehiel Curry, installed by the ELCA. His predecessor was the first woman presiding bishop. And this is a progressive mainstream denomination? @ericowens.bsky.social
www.cbsnews.com/news/luthera...
www.cbsnews.com/news/luthera...
Largest U.S. Lutheran denomination installs its first Black presiding bishop
Rev. Yehiel Curry, 53, is only the fifth presiding bishop of the ELCA, a predominantly white denomination.
www.cbsnews.com
October 5, 2025 at 8:04 PM
First African American presiding bishop, Bishop Yehiel Curry, installed by the ELCA. His predecessor was the first woman presiding bishop. And this is a progressive mainstream denomination? @ericowens.bsky.social
www.cbsnews.com/news/luthera...
www.cbsnews.com/news/luthera...
Reposted by The Rev. Scott Alan Johnson (he/him)
Welcome Central States Synod, ELCA in Kansas City, Missouri.
“Traveling the way of Jesus, who commanded his followers to love one another as Christ has loved, and believing that all persons are created in the image of God, this synod welcomes people of every ...
www.reconcilingworks.org/news/
“Traveling the way of Jesus, who commanded his followers to love one another as Christ has loved, and believing that all persons are created in the image of God, this synod welcomes people of every ...
www.reconcilingworks.org/news/
September 17, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Welcome Central States Synod, ELCA in Kansas City, Missouri.
“Traveling the way of Jesus, who commanded his followers to love one another as Christ has loved, and believing that all persons are created in the image of God, this synod welcomes people of every ...
www.reconcilingworks.org/news/
“Traveling the way of Jesus, who commanded his followers to love one another as Christ has loved, and believing that all persons are created in the image of God, this synod welcomes people of every ...
www.reconcilingworks.org/news/
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Bp. Simon issues a pastoral letter on political violence. "As Christians--Lutheran Christians--we must meet this moment of division and unrest with a servant heart. To paraphrase Martin Luther, God doesn’t need our peacemaking, but our neighbor does." www.css-elca.org/post/pastora...
Pastoral Letter on Political Violence
As Christians--Lutheran Christians--we must meet this moment of division and unrest with a servant heart. To paraphrase Martin Luther, God doesn’t need our peacemaking, but our neighbor does.
www.css-elca.org
September 11, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Bp. Simon issues a pastoral letter on political violence. "As Christians--Lutheran Christians--we must meet this moment of division and unrest with a servant heart. To paraphrase Martin Luther, God doesn’t need our peacemaking, but our neighbor does." www.css-elca.org/post/pastora...
Reposted by The Rev. Scott Alan Johnson (he/him)
ELCA statement on Supreme Court ruling allowing racial profiling in immigration enforcement - Living Lutheran
ELCA statement on Supreme Court ruling allowing racial profiling in immigration enforcement - Living Lutheran
ELCA statement on Supreme Court ruling allowing racial profiling in immigration enforcement Living Lutheran
dlvr.it
September 11, 2025 at 11:46 PM
ELCA statement on Supreme Court ruling allowing racial profiling in immigration enforcement - Living Lutheran
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He who is in love with his vision of community will destroy community.
But he who loves the people around him will create community wherever he goes.
—Dietrich Bonhoeffer
But he who loves the people around him will create community wherever he goes.
—Dietrich Bonhoeffer
September 5, 2025 at 5:28 PM
He who is in love with his vision of community will destroy community.
But he who loves the people around him will create community wherever he goes.
—Dietrich Bonhoeffer
But he who loves the people around him will create community wherever he goes.
—Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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Deadline Sept. 15.
#ELCA World Hunger Education Grants support work that:
educate ELCA congregations, groups, &/or synods to better action & engagement re hunger & poverty;
encourage sustainable participation in work of World Hunger beyond the conclusion of project.
blogs.elca.org/worldhunger/...
#ELCA World Hunger Education Grants support work that:
educate ELCA congregations, groups, &/or synods to better action & engagement re hunger & poverty;
encourage sustainable participation in work of World Hunger beyond the conclusion of project.
blogs.elca.org/worldhunger/...
ELCA World Hunger Education and Networking Grants - ELCA World Hunger
The 2025 ELCA World Hunger Education and Networking Grant application cycle is now open! Hunger Education and Networking Grants are one of the ways ELCA World Hunger accompanies congregations, synod...
blogs.elca.org
September 5, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Deadline Sept. 15.
#ELCA World Hunger Education Grants support work that:
educate ELCA congregations, groups, &/or synods to better action & engagement re hunger & poverty;
encourage sustainable participation in work of World Hunger beyond the conclusion of project.
blogs.elca.org/worldhunger/...
#ELCA World Hunger Education Grants support work that:
educate ELCA congregations, groups, &/or synods to better action & engagement re hunger & poverty;
encourage sustainable participation in work of World Hunger beyond the conclusion of project.
blogs.elca.org/worldhunger/...
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Statement from #ELCA #Minneapolis Area Synod Bishop Jen Nagel:
“As people of faith, we are called to peacemaking towards a vast reduction of gun-related violence. The pervasiveness of #gunViolence in the U.S. is not a reality we should accept.”
#Lutheran
mpls-synod.org/news/in-tend...
“As people of faith, we are called to peacemaking towards a vast reduction of gun-related violence. The pervasiveness of #gunViolence in the U.S. is not a reality we should accept.”
#Lutheran
mpls-synod.org/news/in-tend...
In Tenderness and Prayer - Mpls Area Synod ELCA
Beloveds, As most have heard, this morning a mass shooter opened fire at Annunciation Catholic Church in south Minneapolis during a school mass, injuring dozens and killing at least two children in at...
mpls-synod.org
August 28, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Statement from #ELCA #Minneapolis Area Synod Bishop Jen Nagel:
“As people of faith, we are called to peacemaking towards a vast reduction of gun-related violence. The pervasiveness of #gunViolence in the U.S. is not a reality we should accept.”
#Lutheran
mpls-synod.org/news/in-tend...
“As people of faith, we are called to peacemaking towards a vast reduction of gun-related violence. The pervasiveness of #gunViolence in the U.S. is not a reality we should accept.”
#Lutheran
mpls-synod.org/news/in-tend...
Before being elected bishop, I was a campus pastor in two separate calls. Conversations like this one are the reason we campus pastors love what we do. #ELCA
A sacred space of deep conversation
https://www.europesays.com/2338914/
Editor’s note: This reflection is part of a series by chaplains in the Network of ELCA Colleges and…
https://www.europesays.com/2338914/
Editor’s note: This reflection is part of a series by chaplains in the Network of ELCA Colleges and…
A sacred space of deep conversation - EUROPE SAYS
Editor’s note: This reflection is part of a series by chaplains in the Network of ELCA Colleges and Universities (NECU) on the ways in which God is at work on
www.europesays.com
August 19, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Before being elected bishop, I was a campus pastor in two separate calls. Conversations like this one are the reason we campus pastors love what we do. #ELCA
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#ELCA ACTION ALERT
Urge your members of Congress to conduct oversight over ICE detention facilities & demand humane conditions. During August opportunities exist to meet with federal elected officials locally to use your voice.
“I was in prison & you visited me.”
-Mt 25
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Urge your members of Congress to conduct oversight over ICE detention facilities & demand humane conditions. During August opportunities exist to meet with federal elected officials locally to use your voice.
“I was in prison & you visited me.”
-Mt 25
give.elca.org/page/86777/a...
ACTION ALERT: Speak Out for People in Immigration Detention
New Action Alert
give.elca.org
August 14, 2025 at 12:02 AM
#ELCA ACTION ALERT
Urge your members of Congress to conduct oversight over ICE detention facilities & demand humane conditions. During August opportunities exist to meet with federal elected officials locally to use your voice.
“I was in prison & you visited me.”
-Mt 25
give.elca.org/page/86777/a...
Urge your members of Congress to conduct oversight over ICE detention facilities & demand humane conditions. During August opportunities exist to meet with federal elected officials locally to use your voice.
“I was in prison & you visited me.”
-Mt 25
give.elca.org/page/86777/a...
Estimates show that 18,500 children have died in Gaza. That’s roughly one per hour since the also-horrific October 7 attacks. This campaign of violence and starvation simply has to stop.
Bishop Eaton sends letter to President Trump addressing situation in Gaza - Living Lutheran
Bishop Eaton has issued a letter to President Donald Trump and members of Congress addressing the situation in Gaza.
www.livinglutheran.org
August 15, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Estimates show that 18,500 children have died in Gaza. That’s roughly one per hour since the also-horrific October 7 attacks. This campaign of violence and starvation simply has to stop.
Reposted by The Rev. Scott Alan Johnson (he/him)
Give justice to the weak and the orphan.
Maintain the right of the lowly and the destitute.
Rescue the weak and the needy.
Deliver them from the hand of the wicked.
—Psalm 82
Maintain the right of the lowly and the destitute.
Rescue the weak and the needy.
Deliver them from the hand of the wicked.
—Psalm 82
August 13, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Give justice to the weak and the orphan.
Maintain the right of the lowly and the destitute.
Rescue the weak and the needy.
Deliver them from the hand of the wicked.
—Psalm 82
Maintain the right of the lowly and the destitute.
Rescue the weak and the needy.
Deliver them from the hand of the wicked.
—Psalm 82
Reposted by The Rev. Scott Alan Johnson (he/him)
Statement by Bp. Budde (EDOW) and Dean Hollerith (WNC), Rabbis of DC congregations, and UMC, ELCA, and PCUSA leaders:
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cathedral.org/blog/dc-reli... ⚓
DC Religious Leaders: Fear Is Not a Strategy for Safety
DC religious leaders speak out against President Trump's decision to deploy the National Guard to Washington, DC.
cathedral.org
August 13, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Statement by Bp. Budde (EDOW) and Dean Hollerith (WNC), Rabbis of DC congregations, and UMC, ELCA, and PCUSA leaders:
cathedral.org/blog/dc-reli... ⚓
cathedral.org/blog/dc-reli... ⚓
Reposted by The Rev. Scott Alan Johnson (he/him)
Mark your calendars for the Rostered Ministers Gathering on July 6-9, 2026 in Indianapolis! All ELCA deacons, pastors and bishops are invited. More information will be available in the coming months!
August 6, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Mark your calendars for the Rostered Ministers Gathering on July 6-9, 2026 in Indianapolis! All ELCA deacons, pastors and bishops are invited. More information will be available in the coming months!
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“As people of faith, we cannot abide losing the basic right to provide care and compassion,” Bishop Brenda Bos of the ELCA’s Southwest California Synod, a plaintiff in the case, said in a statement.
religionnews.com/2025/07/28/f...
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Fourth group of religious organizations sues US over ICE raids at churches
(RNS) — “As people of faith, we cannot abide losing the basic right to provide care and compassion,” Bishop Brenda Bos of the ELCA’s Southwest California Synod, a plaintiff in the case, said in a…
religionnews.com
August 2, 2025 at 5:30 PM
“As people of faith, we cannot abide losing the basic right to provide care and compassion,” Bishop Brenda Bos of the ELCA’s Southwest California Synod, a plaintiff in the case, said in a statement.
religionnews.com/2025/07/28/f...
religionnews.com/2025/07/28/f...
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Well, @thelepper.bsky.social I can tell you nothing has changed!
I went to the ELCA Churchwide Assembly as a voting member in 2009, and even though waking up each morning it felt like I had been hit by progressively more cars the evening before, after a few cups of coffee I was ready to tackle the work set before us. Kinda jealous of the people there this year.
August 1, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Well, @thelepper.bsky.social I can tell you nothing has changed!
Just gonna take a moment to celebrate the sartorial excellence that Deacon John Weit brings to his work. Those bow ties are killer! #elcacwa25
July 31, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Just gonna take a moment to celebrate the sartorial excellence that Deacon John Weit brings to his work. Those bow ties are killer! #elcacwa25
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Via @yonat.bsky.social: Evangelical Lutheran Church in America elects first Black presiding bishop, calls Israel's actions in Gaza a genocide —> religionnews.com/2025/07/31/e...
ELCA elects first Black presiding bishop, calls Israel's actions in Gaza a genocide
(RNS) — The Rev. Yehiel Curry, bishop of the ELCA’s Metropolitan Chicago Synod since 2019, will serve a six-year term as presiding bishop of the 2.7 million-member denomination.
religionnews.com
July 31, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Via @yonat.bsky.social: Evangelical Lutheran Church in America elects first Black presiding bishop, calls Israel's actions in Gaza a genocide —> religionnews.com/2025/07/31/e...
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LWF congratulates Rev. Yehiel Curry who has been elected as the new presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Curry is the first Black presiding bishop of the ELCA.
#LutheranWorld
📷: MCS/ELCA Gaby Valladolid
#LutheranWorld
📷: MCS/ELCA Gaby Valladolid
July 31, 2025 at 3:39 PM
LWF congratulates Rev. Yehiel Curry who has been elected as the new presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Curry is the first Black presiding bishop of the ELCA.
#LutheranWorld
📷: MCS/ELCA Gaby Valladolid
#LutheranWorld
📷: MCS/ELCA Gaby Valladolid
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Information for #ELCACWA25 for Rev Yehiel Curry’s installation service as ELCA Presiding Bishop in Minneapolis in October:
www.elca.org/about/church...
www.elca.org/about/church...
Presiding Bishop Installation
www.elca.org
July 31, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Information for #ELCACWA25 for Rev Yehiel Curry’s installation service as ELCA Presiding Bishop in Minneapolis in October:
www.elca.org/about/church...
www.elca.org/about/church...
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"We need ELCA chaplans because ELCA chaplains are unrestricted in whom they can serve."
Every time the Army does something annoying or a fundy chaplain pisses me off, I remember that I'm here for the Soldiers, not the bureaucracy or the other chaplains.
Every time the Army does something annoying or a fundy chaplain pisses me off, I remember that I'm here for the Soldiers, not the bureaucracy or the other chaplains.
Lt. Christina Mauntel, chaplain in the U.S. Navy, reminds us that the military is diverse and young, people we claim to be eager to reach
#ELCACWA25
#ELCACWA25
July 31, 2025 at 12:30 AM
"We need ELCA chaplans because ELCA chaplains are unrestricted in whom they can serve."
Every time the Army does something annoying or a fundy chaplain pisses me off, I remember that I'm here for the Soldiers, not the bureaucracy or the other chaplains.
Every time the Army does something annoying or a fundy chaplain pisses me off, I remember that I'm here for the Soldiers, not the bureaucracy or the other chaplains.
Bishop Curry has some big shoes to fill, but ain’t nobody gonna ever have the stage presence of our beloved ELCA Secretary, Deacon Sue Rothmeyer. #ELCACWA25
July 30, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Bishop Curry has some big shoes to fill, but ain’t nobody gonna ever have the stage presence of our beloved ELCA Secretary, Deacon Sue Rothmeyer. #ELCACWA25
So very excited by the election of the Rev. Yehiel Curry as the next presiding bishop of the ELCA. Church, let’s pray for our new bishop and be ready to dig in and work together as we follow Christ into God’s future. #elcacwa25
July 30, 2025 at 11:31 PM
So very excited by the election of the Rev. Yehiel Curry as the next presiding bishop of the ELCA. Church, let’s pray for our new bishop and be ready to dig in and work together as we follow Christ into God’s future. #elcacwa25