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Bishop H. Julian Gordy is the bishop of the Southeastern Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.

Member of:

Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

Representative of:

ELCA Southeastern Synod

A native of Newnan, Georgia, Julian Gordy served as pastor of St. Andrew Lutheran Church, Franklin, TN; Christus Victor Lutheran Church, Ocean Springs, MS; and Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Morristown, TN before his election as bishop of the ELCA Southeastern Synod in June, 2007. He received the A.B. in religion from Mercer University in Macon, Georgia in 1972 and the M. Div. from Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary in 1985. A long-time proponent of ministries of mercy and justice, Bishop Gordy was a founding member of the board of MATS, a unique home for homeless persons in Morristown, and of Samaritan Ministry of Jackson County, an ecumenical emergency relief agency on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

He has been involved in numerous community and church agencies and boards in Tennessee and Mississippi and was active in the founding of Lutheran Episcopal Services of Mississippi. He has served church agencies and institutions in a number of roles, most recently as Secretary of the Board of Trustees of Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary. Bishop Gordy has been a frequent leader of workshops on organizational structure, consensus decision-making, mission development and liturgical renewal.

Before attending Southern Seminary, Bishop Gordy worked in university and hospital administration and in housing restoration. He is married to the Reverend Dr. P. Morgan Gordy, pastor of Faith Lutheran Church in Lebanon, Tennessee. They have four children and six grandchildren. His hobbies include backpacking, sailing and woodworking.

Latest Content by Bishop H. Julian Gordy

Bishop Julian Gordy: The Mystery We Celebrate

Bishop H. Julian Gordy (ELCA)

The mystery of the death and resurrection of Jesus we celebrate this Triduum is not just another thing we Christians believe. It is the very center of our faith. Everything hinges on it. The stakes are high. Very high. 

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Bishop Julian Gordy: Our Spiritual Pilgrimage

Bishop H. Julian Gordy (ELCA)

A pilgrimage is a long journey, usually a walk, made to some holy place as an act of religious devotion. In Lent, we undertake a spiritual pilgrimage. Our destination is that place of self-knowledge that Jesus points us toward in the beatitudes: that place where we know that we are - on our own - not paragons of righteousness, but sinners dependent on the love and mercy of God; that place where our good works come from some place deep within us and not from our need to impress others with our goodness.

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Other Recent Content by Bishop H. Julian Gordy

April 30, 2011

Bishop Julian Gordy: No Death That God Cannot Overcome

Bishop H. Julian Gordy (ELCA)

You can see, in the real world, how someone like Thomas Jefferson might get Good Friday but have doubts about Easter, might be certain of the reality of innocent suffering and death but not so sure about resurrection.

December 22, 2010

Bishop Julian Gordy: And the Word Became Flesh

Bishop H. Julian Gordy (ELCA)

John's gospel begins, not with the birth of Jesus, but with a theological statement of incarnation: literally, "...the Word became flesh and pitched its tent with us." The incarnation is a mystery that theologians and philosophers have pondered and argued about for centuries.

September 07, 2010

Bishop Julian Gordy: Hurricane Katrina, Five Years Later

Bishop H. Julian Gordy (ELCA)

It's been five years since Hurricane Katrina devasted the Gulf Coast. ELCA Southeastern Synod Bishop Julian Gordy offers some reflections on lessons learned and victories won in the meantime.

July 09, 2010

Bishop Julian Gordy: Trust God for the Future

Bishop H. Julian Gordy (ELCA)

Bishop Julian Gordy of the ELCA Southeastern Synod writes, "In working so desperately to hold on to life, to be safe in an uncertain future, to grab all the material things that pass for life, we lose real life." Read on...

Bishop Julian Gordy (Part 1) - Day1 Conversations with Peter Wallace

Bishop H. Julian Gordy (ELCA)

Day1 host Peter Wallace sits down with Bishop Julian Gordy, head of the Southeastern Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, to discuss the work of the synod, the challenges of the church and the work of the Bishop.

Bishop Julian Gordy (Part 2) - Day1 Conversations with Peter Wallace

Bishop H. Julian Gordy (ELCA)

Day1 host Peter Wallace sits down with Bishop Julian Gordy, head of the Southeastern Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, to discuss the work of the synod, the challenges of the church and the work of the Bishop.

February 14, 2010

Ordinary Holiness

Bishop H. Julian Gordy (ELCA)

ELCA Bishop Julian Gordy examines Luke's account of the Transfiguration from both a religious and a scientific point of view, and describes how both can exist together.