Wes Yoder

Wes Yoder is the founder of Ambassador Agency Inc., a Christian-based literary agency and speakers bureau. He was raised on a dairy farm in the Amish and Mennonite community of Lancaster, Pennsylvania^{[citation needed]} and currently resides in Franklin, Tennessee with his wife.^{[citation needed]}

Career

Yoder moved to Nashville, Tennessee in 1973 to work in the music business.^{[citation needed]} He was a pioneer during the Jesus Movement in the formation of the Contemporary Christian Music genre.^{[citation needed]} He represented and helped launch the careers of artists including Amy Grant^[1] and Michael Card.^{[citation needed]}

In 1984, he formed Ambassador Agency, the first speakers bureau to assist thinkers and authors dedicated to a biblical world-view.^[2]

Projects include national media representation of The Purpose Driven Life^{[citation needed]} and literary and media representation of two # 1 New York Times best-sellers, Mistaken Identity^{[citation needed]} and The Shack.^[3]

Yoder represents the McCaughey septuplets^[4] http://www.christianpost.com/Society/General/2009/02/christian-agency-we-do-not-intend-to-represent-octuplets-mom-17/ Christian Agency: We Do Not Intend to Represent Octuplets Mom], by Eric Young, Christian Post Reporter, Feb. 17 2009</ref>

Yoder's first book, Bond of Brothers: Connecting with Other Men beyond Work, Weather and Sports, is published by Zondervan (October 2010). Yoder appeared on The TODAY Show in an interview about his book with Ann Curry.^[5]

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