The Rev. William "Bill" Yonker
Pastoral Advisor
International Lutheran Laymen's League

The Rev. William “Bill” Yonker of West Dundee, Ill., is the pastoral advisor for the International Lutheran Laymen’s League (Int’l LLL), a position to which he was appointed in 2004. In this post, Yonker will give spiritual direction and guidance to the Int’l LLL’s executive committee, lead Bible studies and worships during official LLL meetings and conventions, and promote the Gospel of Jesus Christ wherever, whenever and however he can.

Yonker holds a bachelor’s degree in theology from Valparaiso University in Valparaiso, Ind., and a master’s of divinity degree from Concordia Seminary in St. Louis, Mo. He has served for the past 10 years as the senior pastor at Immanuel Lutheran Church in East Dundee, Ill., where he oversees a large staff, preaches and teaches on a regular basis, directs the administration of the congregation, and makes frequent visits to parishioners in homes, nursing homes, and hospitals. Yonker also travels around the United States 15 to 20 weekends a year speaking at youth events proclaiming the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

The International Lutheran Laymen’s League (Int’l LLL), an auxiliary of The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod and Lutheran Church-Canada, is a volunteer organization of 130,000 members. Its Lutheran Hour Ministries, with headquarters in St. Louis, Missouri, is a media outreach ministry that airs TV, radio, and Internet programming in more than 40 countries and has ministry centers in more than 40 countries. LHM’s flagship radio program is The Lutheran Hour®, the world’s longest-running Gospel radio program, airing since 1930.

For more information, please contact:
Chad Fix
(800) 944-3450, ext. 4193