Darrell Yoder, M.Div.

Darrell Yoder uses his decade of experience in pastoral ministry to serve as the Assistant Professor of Ministry. He earned a B.A. from Liberty University and an M.Div. from Grand Rapids Theological Seminary. He is a certified spiritual director and is currently pursuing a Doctor of Education from Cornerstone University, focusing his research on Christian spiritual formation.

At CTS, Yoder focuses on spiritual formation and pastoral ministry. He provides leadership to the Pirsig Fellowship, a scholarship program for Master of Divinity students, where he provides spiritual retreats and oversees small groups that seek to cultivate students’ personal spiritual formation. He also teaches several ministry courses, including Evangelism and Discipleship Ministries and Small Group Ministries.

Yoder also faithfully leads and cultivates the CTS Talking Points program, which serves pastors, ministry leaders and counselors by providing events and resources that engage topics related to theology, culture and vocation.

Outside of CTS, Yoder is an ordained minister and the director of the Evangelical Seminary Deans’ Council, a professional development network of evangelical seminary deans. Yoder and his wife, Cindy, live with their three children in Rockford, Mich.

“Serving at CTS matters to me because we are focused on serving the body of Christ, discovering the way of Christ and living in the love of Christ both personally and institutionally. I get to work alongside colleagues and students who are hungry for Christ and His kingdom and who are willing to have hard conversations in order to know God and obey Him more fully. My prayer is that students will experience Christ in a profound way as they identify and hone their gifts for ministry leadership.”