Meet Stephen Baker

What this episode covers

In our second episode, Aaron Prelock turns the tables on Stephen Baker, Dean of New Geneva Academy and associate pastor at Trinity Reformed Church in Bloomington, Indiana.Stephen shares how he went from a small-town Indiana home to a dramatic high school conversion, from a teepee in the woods to a pastors college in Bloomington. Along the way: marriage, ministry under Ted Tripp, a failed church plant in Milwaukee, a closed door to the mission field, and what led him to Trinity Reformed Church.This conversation covers how he got here, what shaped him, and what he wishes someone had told him before he ever stepped into pastoring.0:00 — Introduction1:24 — Growing up in Indiana4:24 — Conversion in high school11:26 — Becoming Reformed14:53 — Bible college16:55 — Meeting Sebra18:49 — Pennsylvania and Ted Tripp24:36 — Marriage and early family life28:15 — Seminary30:47 — The Milwaukee church plant36:54 — A closed door to the mission field39:13 — The move to Bloomington43:48 — New Geneva Academy is born46:33 — Reconciliation54:35 — On being Dean1:01:27 — What I wish they'd told me

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