Nadia Bolz-Weber

Nadia Bolz-Weber
Born
Nadia Bolz

(1969-04-22) April 22, 1969 (age 55)
NationalityAmerican
Education
OccupationPastor
SpouseMatthew Bolz-Weber (1996–2016)
ChurchEvangelical Lutheran Church in America
Ordained2008
WritingsPastrix: The Cranky, Beautiful Faith of a Sinner & Saint, Accidental Saints: Finding God in All the Wrong People, Shameless: A Sexual Reformation
Congregations served
House for All Sinners and Saints
Websitewww.nadiabolzweber.com

Nadia Bolz-Weber (born April 22, 1969) is an American author, Lutheran minister and public theologian. She served as the founding pastor of House for All Sinners and Saints, a congregation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America in Denver, Colorado, until July 8, 2018.[1]

Bolz-Weber is known for her unusual approach to reaching others through her church.[2] She has produced work in the church that scholar and writer Diana Butler Bass considers part of "a new Reformation".[3]

  1. ^ Suderman, Brenda (October 1, 2013). "Sinner and a Saint: Tattoos on the Arms, Curse Words on the Lips and a Story of Grace". Winnipeg Free Press. p. D15. Retrieved August 6, 2022. Call her cranky, call her a sinner, but please don't call Lutheran minister Nadia Bolz-Weber 'pastrix'.
  2. ^ Green, Emma (September 3, 2015). "Why Every Church Needs a Drag Queen". The Atlantic. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
  3. ^ Sentilles, Sarah (March 5, 2012). "My Take: Five Women In Religion to Watch". CNN. Archived from the original on March 6, 2012. Retrieved September 29, 2015.