Thomas Nass

Thomas Nass grew up in Jefferson, Wisc., the son of Paul and Lorraine Nass, and he has been a lifelong member of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS). He attended Northwestern Preparatory School and Northwestern College, Watertown, Wisc. (B.A., 1977), and Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, Mequon, Wisc. (M.Div., 1982). He also attended Bethany Lutheran College, Mankato, Minn., and the University of Chicago graduate school for one year each. In 1999, he received an M.A. in Hebrew and Semitic Studies from the University of Wisconsin—Madison. From 1982 to 1984, Rev. Nass served as an instructor in Hebrew at Northwestern College. He then was a parish pastor for ten years, serving St. Paul’s in North Mankato, Minn., and St. Lucas in Milwaukee. For nearly thirty years, he has been a professor in Hebrew at Martin Luther College in New Ulm, Minn. Rev. Nass has been involved with inter-church relations for much of his ministry. He was on the WELS Commission on Inter-Church Relations for twenty-three years. He currently serves as the president of the Confessional Evangelical Lutheran Conference. Rev. Nass has authored End Times (Northwestern, 2011), as well as numerous articles and book reviews, some of which have been published in Wisconsin Lutheran Quarterly. He is married to Janice (née Dale), and they have been blessed with four children—Timothy, Nathan, David, and Allison—and ten grandchildren.