Bio

Jeffrey Nelson was born and raised in Wisconsin. He received degrees from Valparaiso University (BA), The Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago (MDiv), and Luther Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota (Th.D). Ordained in 1986, Fr. Jeffrey served as a pastor, college professor, writer, and editor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America from 1986 to 2010. He was received as a priest in The Episcopal Church at St. Mark’s Cathedral in Minneapolis, Minnesota in January 2010, where he served as Priest Associate until being called as Rector of Episcopal Church of Our Savior in North Platte, Nebraska. He served there from November of 2010 until being called in January of 2019 to serve as Priest-in-Charge at St. Barnabas Episcopal Parish, Denver, Colorado. Father Jeffrey is married to Curt Bennett. He has three children from a previous marriage, Katherine, Anna, and Kurt, and three step children. Father Jeffrey and Curt share dual residences in Denver and Johnson Lake, Nebraska,