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词条 Wes Yoder
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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|date=March 2009}} and currently resides in Franklin, Tennessee with his wife.{{Citation needed|date=March 2009}}

Career

Yoder moved to Nashville, Tennessee in 1973 to work in the music business.{{Citation needed|date=March 2009}} He was a pioneer during the Jesus Movement in the formation of the Contemporary Christian Music genre.{{Citation needed|date=March 2009}} He represented and helped launch the careers of artists including Amy Grant[1] and Michael Card.{{Citation needed|date=March 2009}}

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|date=March 2009}} and literary and media representation of two # 1 New York Times best-sellers, Mistaken Identity{{Citation needed|date=March 2009}} and The Shack.[3]

Yoder represents the McCaughey septuplets.[4][5]

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.[6]

References

1. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=6o7U7EpIAAoC&pg=PA76&lpg=PA76&dq=Dharma+Artist+Agency+amy+grant&source=bl&ots=Guhss2o-Dp&sig=P3Z9BmMBF0ra4F4Uebuz6rgsK9k&hl=en&ei=CKCtSb__GoG0sAOGs8XFBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result#PPA75,M1 Amy Grant: The Life of a Pop Star, By Bob Willard], Published by Macmillan, 2003 {{ISBN|0-312-30390-4}}, {{ISBN|978-0-312-30390-7}}
2. ^http://www.ambassadorspeakers.com/ACP/about.aspx
3. ^http://www.windblownmedia.com/news.html
4. ^McCaughey septuplets get an agent, CNN.com, December 10, 1997
5. ^Christian Agency: We Do Not Intend to Represent Octuplets Mom, by Eric Young, Christian Post Reporter, Feb. 17 2009
6. ^http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/26184891/vp/40151164#40151164
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