Nile Our Savior
Authored by Leah Eby in 2012, with technical contributions from Will Yetvin
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.
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.