Orin Kidd

Orin came to a saving knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ in 1971 while serving with the United States Forest Service in the Mount Hood National Forest of Oregon. From the very beginning of his walk with Christ, he sensed a strong calling to serve the Lord in cross-cultural ministry. In preparation for this calling, he enrolled at Prairie Bible College in Alberta, Canada, where he studied from 1972 to 1976.

Following his graduation from Prairie and the completion of linguistic training at the University of Washington, Orin, along with his family, departed in 1977 for Irian Jaya, Indonesia (now known as West Papua). They served among the Kimyal tribe in the Eastern Highlands for 22 years. During this time, Orin focused primarily on church planting, discipleship, and leadership development. From 1995 to 2000, he also served as the Field Director for West Papua.

Upon returning to the United States, Orin was appointed Director of ChurchLink, a newly established ministry branch of World Team (2000–2005). This ministry sought to support and strengthen local churches by fostering relationships, casting vision, and providing resources aimed at mobilizing congregations for strategic global engagement, particularly among unreached people groups.

After three decades with World Team, Orin and his wife, Rosa, concluded their service with the mission in 2005. That same year, Orin joined the pastoral staff of Grace Bible Fellowship as Pastor of Global Outreach, a role he fulfilled for 11 years. Concurrently, he served as an adjunct professor at Corban University for five years, teaching a course on missions.

Although they returned to the United States in 2000, Orin and Rosa continued to make annual visits to Papua. In 2009, Rosa and her Kimyal translation team completed the Kimyal New Testament, which was dedicated in a public celebration in March 2010.

In 2017, Orin concluded his roles at Grace Bible Fellowship and Corban University in order to devote more time and energy to the ongoing work among the Kimyal people in West Papua. Orin and Rosa have been married for 53 years and are the parents of two sons, grandparents to eight, and great-grandparents to four.