Faculty Directory
School of Ministry
Darrell Yoder, M.Div.
Associate Professor of Ministry
Darrell Yoder serves as associate professor of ministry in Cornerstone University’s School of Ministry, Media & the Arts. Previously, Yoder served at Cornerstone’s seminary for nine years, teaching in the Ministries Division and working closely with students in their spiritual formation and vocational discernment. Prior to that he served in pastoral ministry. His teaching focuses on spiritual formation, soul care, the teaching/learning process, practical theology, and applied ministry leadership.
Yoder earned a Bachelor of Arts from Liberty University and an Master of Divinity from Cornerstone Theological Seminary. He is currently pursuing a Doctor of Education from Cornerstone University, focusing his research on Christian spirituality, loneliness, and leadership development.
Yoder is also a trained spiritual director with extensive experience leading spiritual retreats, workshops and small groups. He frequently provides spiritual care for students, pastors, and ministry leaders, with a goal of creating a safe, relational place to explore one’s life with God through prayer and Scripture. Yoder’s ministry is Christ-centered, Bible-focused and aimed at helping followers of Christ know and trust God more deeply (John 17:3; Philippians 3:8-10).
Outside of CU, Yoder is an ordained minister and the director of the Evangelical Seminary Deans’ Council (ESDC), a professional development network of evangelical seminary deans, which he has worked with for over 20 years. Yoder and his wife, Cindy, live with their three children in Rockford, Mich.
Education
- Ed.D. Candidate, Organizational Leadership and Development, Cornerstone University
- M.Div., Educational Ministries, Cornerstone Theological Seminary
- B.A., Religion and Biblical Studies, Liberty University
Licenses and Professional Memberships
- Certified Spiritual Director
- Ordained Minister of the Gospel
- Evangelical Theological Society
Selected Publications
- Yoder, Darrell. “Revelation and its Application to Christian Education,” Encyclopedia of Christian Education, Volume 2, eds. G. T. Kurian and M. A. Lamport. (Rowman & Littlefield, 2015): 1058-1061.
- Lamport, Mark and Darrell Yoder. “A Good-Natured Rejoinder to Gary Parrett’s ‘Nurturing Our Faith in The Faith: A Grateful Response to Mark A. Lamport and Darrell Yoder’ (CEJ, Fall 2006, 362-364),” Christian Education Journal (Spring 2007): 126-135.
- Lamport, Mark and Darrell Yoder. “Faithful Gestures: Rebooting the Educational Mission of the Church,” Christian Education Journal (Spring 2006): 58-78.