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NORCROSS, Ga. – The Mission Society has chosen missionaries Ed and Linda Baker to transition from drilling water wells in Nicaragua to leading a global team of cross-cultural workers. 

After more than a decade of foreign missionary service, the Bakers will co-direct The Mission Society's Global Resources Team, which provides specialists in various disciplines to help other Christian missionaries and national ministries worldwide. The Bakers will also serve as the water and sanitation specialists on the team.

During the Bakers' service abroad, they provided clean water through well-drilling as a support ministry to church planting. They completed more than 40 projects in Paraguay, Costa Rica, Honduras and Nicaragua involving wells, spring development, sanitation and water quality assessments.
“Our 10 years serving as missionaries in Paraguay and Nicaragua taught us,” say the Bakers, “that …people are more open to receive the gospel from those who become involved with the daily challenges they face—water and sanitation, agriculture, health, education, and many social issues. This is where The Global Resource Team can help missionaries and national ministries. Many of us see these problems but don’t have the skills or tools to help solve them. The Global Resource Team can mobilize specialists to assist in many of these areas, some of whom have served as missionaries themselves.”

The Bakers returned from Nicaragua in December and will reside in Lawrenceville, Ga. They will manage a team of ministries spanning the globe that includes specialists in agriculture, commerce, health, water and sanitation, and outreach to women. They fill the position formerly held by Larry Williams, of Trenton, Ga., who served as Global Resources Team director the past 10 years.

Before becoming full-time missionaries with The Mission Society in 1999, Ed Baker served for 25 years as a civil engineer, specializing in water resources and sanitation. Linda Baker worked as a computer consultant. They have two daughters, Rhian and Kara, and two grandsons.