Resource Authors

Don Yoder was a frequent contributor to Together in Worship.

Dr. Christine Roy Yoder is Senior Vice President, Dean of Faculty and Academic Affairs, and J. McDowell Richards Professor of Biblical Interpretation at Columbia Theological Seminary. She graduated from Swarthmore College and Princeton Theological Seminary. Joining Columbia's faculty in 1998, she specializes in biblical interpretation, particularly wisdom literature, and has authored...

Dr. Amos Yong currently serves as professor of theology and mission at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, CA, as well as director of the School of Intercultural Studies' Center for Missiological Research, overseeing the PhD and ThM intercultural studies programs. In 2019, he was appointed dean of the School of...

Rev. Joseph Yoo is the priest and planter of Mosaic Episcopal Church in Pearland, TX. He graduated from University of Hawaii – Manoa and Wesley Theological Seminary. He has written for Ministry Matters and Rethink Church, and is the author of four books. (Source and photo: josephyoo.com)

Terry W. York serves as Professor of Christian Ministry and Church Music at Baylor University's George W. Truett Theological Seminary in Waco, TX. He joined the faculty in 1998 after serving three years as the Associate Pastor of Park Cities Baptist Church in Dallas, TX. He has been Minister of...

Ben Yosua-Davis serves on The BTS Center staff team as Director of Applied Research. He is a graduate of Drew Theological Seminary and Colby College. Previously, he lived in Haverhill, MA, where he co-planted a new church called The Vine. (Source: thebtscenter.org)

Rev. Robert Terry Young (1935-2009) was a Methodist minister who also served in Duke Divinity School and as Minister to the University. He was a graduate of University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Duke Divinity School, and University of Glasgow. During his tenure at Duke, Young organized the Friends of Duke...

William Paul Young is a Canadian writer best known for The Shack, originally written as a private story for his children before becoming a widely-read novel. He completed his undergraduate degree in Religion at Warner Pacific College, graduating summa cum laude, and also pursued seminary studies while working on staff...

Rev. Courtney R. Young is pastor ordained in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, teacher, and writer. (Source: courtneyryoung.com)