Rev. Charles Yeakel has been a licensed minister with the United Pentecostal Church International since 1977. He and his wife Devra have pastored several other churches in Illinois previously - Auburn, Rochelle, and Oak Valley (Ramsey). They have served the Mendota congregation as pastor since 2004, and also served here earlier as assistant pastor and co-pastor for eleven years. The Yeakels’ plan to retire at the end of November this year.
