About Pastor Orlie Yoder

Hello! Thank you for visiting the Wyaconda Baptist Church website. The Yoder family has had the great privilege of serving here since September 2015. We are a blended family with seven children and one grandchild! My wife and I come from different backgrounds, but we are both focused on raising our family for the Lord and serving in the Church where we believe the Lord has led us!

I was born into an Old Order Amish home, but the Lord miraculously brought my parents to Himself. In spite of the incredible sacrifice it required to leave their family and friends behind, my parents left the Amish Religion and joined a local Independent Baptist church. A few years later, my dad accepted the call to pastor a small Baptist Church near our home. I was saved and baptized at the age of eight and was called to preach when I was twenty. My father, two of my brothers, and myself are all Independent Baptist pastors today!

I have been a Sign Language Interpreter for the Deaf, Special Education Teacher, City Councilman, Restaurant owner, and more, but my highest calling, other than that of a husband and father, has been to serve in my local church. I have been a church janitor, Sunday school teacher, sign language interpreter, children’s church director, song leader, deacon, youth pastor, and senior pastor in the Independent Baptist churches where I have been a member. It is a great joy and honor for me to serve the Lord by serving His people!

We homeschool our younger children, provide homes for children in the foster care system, and raise some chickens on the side. It is our desire together to serve the Lord together as a family as He leads.