Boone Open Bible Church
Staff & Leaders

Phil Waldo

Our Pastor, Phil O. Waldo, grew up in Jefferson, Iowa. He was born again at eight years of age. As a teenager, he was baptized in the Holy Spirit at Clear Lake camp. He also sensed God’s call on his life in his early teens. He graduated from Jefferson High School in 1983. He attended Open Bible College in Des Moines, Iowa, from 1983-1986. While attending, he married Naomi Mathews on August 10, 1985. In 1986, they moved to Eugene, Oregon, as the college had merged with Eugene Bible College. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science with a Pastoral Studies major and a Counseling minor. He served as Assistant Administrator at our camp from 1987-1989. He also served as the Youth and Assistant Pastor at the Open Bible Church in Clear Lake from 1987-1993. He came to Boone in June of 1993 as our Youth Pastor under Bruce Pfadenhauer and was later promoted to Associate Pastor. In April of 2000, the church elected Phil as the new lead pastor. Pastor Phil and Naomi have two children, Michelle and Jacob.