Heidi Baker
Baker in one of the Iris Global children's centers
Born (1959-08-29) August 29, 1959 (age 64)
Laguna Beach, California
NationalityAmerican
EducationSystematic Theology,Kings College (PhD)
Occupation(s)President and CEO of Iris Global
Missionary
Author
Speaker
SpouseRolland Baker
Children2
Websiteirisglobal.org

Heidi Gayle Baker[1] (born August 29, 1959) is a Christian missionary, itinerant speaker, and the CEO of Iris Global, a Christian humanitarian organization. She is the author of several books on Christian spirituality.

Early life

Heidi Gayle Farrell was born to James Moies Farrell and Glenetta Betty Farrell, née Schacht (1930-2015), an English teacher.[1] She grew up in Southern California, becoming a Christian after hearing a Navajo preacher's message while volunteering on a Choctaw reservation.[citation needed] She has a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Arts from Vanguard University,[2] and a PhD in systematic theology from King's College London (1995).[2]

Career

She met Rolland Baker, the grandson of missionary H. A. Baker,[3] in 1979. They married six months later in 1980; they left for the mission field two weeks after that.[4] They were ordained as ministers in 1985.[2]

In 1980 the Bakers founded Iris Global,[5] a non-profit Christian ministry dedicated to charitable service and evangelism, particularly in developing nations.[6]

In 1995 the Bakers moved to Mozambique in order to begin a new ministry focused on the care of orphaned and abandoned children.[3]

Iris Global negotiated with the Mozambican government to assume financial and administrative responsibility for a former government orphanage in Chihango, near the capital city of Maputo. There were roughly 80 children present.[3]

Candy Gunther Brown, professor of religious studies at Indiana University, has called the Bakers "among the most influential leaders in world Pentecostalism."[6]

Bibliography

References

  1. ^ a b Pilot, Coastline (October 6, 2015). "Long-time resident had a love of teaching". Daily Pilot. Retrieved March 16, 2023.
  2. ^ a b c Miracles in Mozambique by Hope Flinchbaugh, Ministry Today, Mar/Apr 2002
  3. ^ a b c Christy Biswell. "Heidi Baker: Intimacy for Miracles". Christian Broadcasting Network. Retrieved May 14, 2009.
  4. ^ Compelled by Love: How to change the world through the simple power of love in action by Heidi Baker and Shara Pradhan
  5. ^ "Iris Global webpage". Retrieved January 4, 2016.
  6. ^ a b Stafford, Tim (May 18, 2012). "Miracles in Mozambique: How Mama Heidi Reaches the Abandoned". christianitytoday.com/. Christianity Today. Retrieved January 31, 2015.

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