Nile Our Savior

Authored by Leah Eby, with technical contributions from Will Yetvin

Our Savior's Lutheran Church
Our Savior's Lutheran Church
Our Savior's Lutheran Church

View of Our Savior's from Prairie St. ECLA stands for Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, the Lutheran Christian denomination in the U.S.

Our Savior's Main Sanctuary
Our Savior's Main Sanctuary
Wal Reat leading a congregation
Wal Reat leading a congregation
Wal Reat leading a congregation

A Nuer language service led by Wal Reat at Our Savior's.

A page of the Nuer Hymnal
A page of the Nuer Hymnal
A page of the Nuer Hymnal

A page out of the Nuer Hymnal used in the services.

Main Street Faribault
Main Street Faribault
Main Street Faribault

View of Main Street in Faribault where Our Savior's Lutheran Church is located.

Quietly situated among the cornfields and farmlands of southeastern Minnesota lies Our Savior’s Lutheran Church* in the city of Faribault, a town of relative ethnic and religious diversity amidst the generally homogeneous demographic landscape of rural Minnesota. While Faribault is home to significant populations of Latino and Somali immigrants, the Sudanese community there remains relatively small and unstudied.

*"Our Savior’s” refers to the English-speaking congregation while “Nile Our Savior” refers to the Sudanese congregation started by Wal Reat within Our Savior’s Lutheran Church.