What I Wish They'd Told Me — Episode 2: Meet Stephen Baker

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 — Introduction 1:24 — Growing up in Indiana 4:24 — Conversion in high school 11:26 — Becoming Reformed 14:53 — Bible college 16:55 — Meeting Sebra 18:49 — Pennsylvania and Ted Tripp 24:36 — Marriage and early family life 28:15 — Seminary 30:47 — The Milwaukee church plant 36:54 — A closed door to the mission field 39:13 — The move to Bloomington 43:48 — New Geneva Academy is born 46:33 — Reconciliation 54:35 — On being Dean 1:01:27 — What I wish they'd told me