Retirement Tribute to Lawrence M. Yoder

Lawrence Yoder is retiring after 26 years at EMS.

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We invite you to send Lawrence an email thanking him for his years of teaching, a personal insight you gained from one of his classes, or some other word of appreciation for his ministry.

Lawrence M. Yoder, John S. Coffman professor of missiology at Eastern Mennonite Seminary, will retire at the close of this academic year after 26 years on the faculty. The EMU board of trustees has awarded Dr. Yoder "professor emeritus" status.

Before joining the seminary faculty in 1983, Yoder spent nine years teaching church history and Anabaptist studies at Wiyata Wacana Mennonite Seminary in Pati, Indonesia, where he also served one year as rector (president/dean). He also served four-and-a-half years in Indonesia as country administrator for Mennonite Central Committee and two years as researcher and writer for the histories of the Muria Javanese Church (GITJ) and the Muria Mennonite Church (GKMI) in both Indonesian and English languages.

While serving at EMS, Yoder has continued his involvement in Indonesia through teaching, writing, peacebuilding and consulting assignments.