David Nelson Oral History

Oral histories created by University of Kansas students, staff and faculty as part of the Religion in Kansas Project are archived at http://hdl.handle.net/1808/12524 in KU ScholarWorks, the digital repository of the University of Kansas.Oral history interview with David Nelson conducted by Rachel Gadd-Nelson in Kansas City, Kansas, on October 31, 2009. In this interview, David Nelson discusses his journey from his childhood experiences in the Swedish Lutheran church in Burdick, Kansas, through his interest in political science and agricultural development work overseas, to his decision to become a Lutheran minister. David Nelson served as the pastor at Abiding Hope Lutheran Church in Olathe, Kansas, from 1988 to 1991, at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church in Burbank, Illinois, from 1991 to1995, and at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Kodiak, Alaska, from 1995 to 2001. This interview was conducted for the Religion in Kansas course taught at the University of Kansas by Dr. Timothy Miller in the fall of 2009.Friends of the Department of Religious Studie