The Rev. Scott Alan Johnson (he/him)
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Bishop of the Nebraska Synod, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
A video message from #ELCA Presiding Bishop Curry and the six synod bishops of Minnesota.
Standing with you, dear friends.
Standing with you, dear friends.
We will not grow weary | Lutheran bishops condemn aggressive immigration activity | Jan. 27, 2026
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January 28, 2026 at 2:54 AM
A video message from #ELCA Presiding Bishop Curry and the six synod bishops of Minnesota.
Standing with you, dear friends.
Standing with you, dear friends.
A pastoral letter to the Nebraska Synod
The Rev. Scott Alan Johnson (@nebsynodbishop)
January 26, 2026
Beloved of God in the Nebraska Synod,
Eleven days ago, the bishops of the six Minnesota synods of the ELCA issued a public letter regarding the escalation of violence in the state o...
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January 26, 2026 at 7:09 PM
A pastoral letter to the Nebraska Synod
I met Bishop Budde just over a month ago. She’s as real as it gets. Not surprised in the least that she’s in Minnesota today. Praying & fasting with you, friends. #StandWithMinnesota
The bishop sat down with Religion News Service after to reflect on the year that has passed since her barn-burning sermon and on what she expects will be even more faith-based activism on behalf of immigrants.
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One year after she urged Trump to have mercy, Bishop Budde leads clergy protests in Minneapolis
MINNEAPOLIS (RNS) — 'I don't think a year ago we could have fathomed how quickly and how dramatically this country would change,' Budde told RNS in Minneapolis.
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January 23, 2026 at 7:43 PM
I met Bishop Budde just over a month ago. She’s as real as it gets. Not surprised in the least that she’s in Minnesota today. Praying & fasting with you, friends. #StandWithMinnesota
Canada, Denmark, U.S. Lutheran bishops issue joint statement supporting Greenlandic people:
Canada, Denmark, U.S. Lutheran bishops issue joint statement supporting Greenlandic people
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January 17, 2026 at 5:00 AM
Canada, Denmark, U.S. Lutheran bishops issue joint statement supporting Greenlandic people:
A letter from the six #ELCA bishops of MN.
“We are tired, and our hearts are broken. Yet we are not deterred…This has been a season marked by profound grief. It is also a season in which we have refused to be defined by what the baptismal liturgy names as ‘the forces that defy God.’”
“We are tired, and our hearts are broken. Yet we are not deterred…This has been a season marked by profound grief. It is also a season in which we have refused to be defined by what the baptismal liturgy names as ‘the forces that defy God.’”
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January 15, 2026 at 7:51 PM
A letter from the six #ELCA bishops of MN.
“We are tired, and our hearts are broken. Yet we are not deterred…This has been a season marked by profound grief. It is also a season in which we have refused to be defined by what the baptismal liturgy names as ‘the forces that defy God.’”
“We are tired, and our hearts are broken. Yet we are not deterred…This has been a season marked by profound grief. It is also a season in which we have refused to be defined by what the baptismal liturgy names as ‘the forces that defy God.’”
"As a church, we are concerned by the trend of law enforcement and federal agents involved in immigration enforcement relying on the use of force in our communities without sufficient accountability or oversight. God calls us to be witnesses to God’s presence, healing and hope."
Bishop Curry Issues Statement on ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
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January 10, 2026 at 10:07 PM
"As a church, we are concerned by the trend of law enforcement and federal agents involved in immigration enforcement relying on the use of force in our communities without sufficient accountability or oversight. God calls us to be witnesses to God’s presence, healing and hope."
"As followers of Jesus, we seek justice for the nations. As a church in this country, we call for what transpires next to center the Venezuelan people and their right to self-determination."
Bishop Curry Issues Statement on Venezuela
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January 7, 2026 at 10:21 PM
"As followers of Jesus, we seek justice for the nations. As a church in this country, we call for what transpires next to center the Venezuelan people and their right to self-determination."
At this turn of the year, when the nights are long in the northern hemisphere, remember this is a time when light shines the brightest. Let the light of Christ in you shine, friends. Happy New Year.
Finding Light in Darkness this Christmas
A message from Bishop Scott Johnson
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December 31, 2025 at 10:15 PM
At this turn of the year, when the nights are long in the northern hemisphere, remember this is a time when light shines the brightest. Let the light of Christ in you shine, friends. Happy New Year.
Friends, however this Christmas Eve finds you, know that it’s never been about whether you were ready or not. God is with us, this night and always.
#ELCA
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Christmas Sermon 2025
This is "Christmas Sermon 2025" by Nebraska Synod on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.
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December 24, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Friends, however this Christmas Eve finds you, know that it’s never been about whether you were ready or not. God is with us, this night and always.
#ELCA
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#ELCA
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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 ...
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“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 ...
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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/
Reposted by The Rev. Scott Alan Johnson (he/him)
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
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September 11, 2025 at 11:46 PM
ELCA statement on Supreme Court ruling allowing racial profiling in immigration enforcement - Living Lutheran
Reposted by The Rev. Scott Alan Johnson (he/him)
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
Reposted by The Rev. Scott Alan Johnson (he/him)
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.
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#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...
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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/...
Reposted by The Rev. Scott Alan Johnson (he/him)
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
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“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
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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...
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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
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“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
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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
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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
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ACTION ALERT: Speak Out for People in Immigration Detention
New Action Alert
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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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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.
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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:
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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!