Ryan Baker, MDiv
Ryan lives in Stillwater, Oklahoma with his wife and family. After serving 14 years as a pastor, he has moved into private practice offering pastoral counseling, coaching and soul care. He is also currently a facilitator at the Allender Center. He graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a Fine Arts degree in 1997, earned his Masters in Divinity from Covenant Theological Seminary in 2006 and continues to be an artist and ordained minister. He loves to create space for people to understand the gospel’s power to free, unite, adopt, rescue and give new life. He believes our theology is experienced more fully when integrated into our personal stories.
Emily Baker
Emily graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 1997. She and Ryan spent the year of 1998 in Japan working with MTW teaching English as an outreach for church planting. Alongside Ryan, she has been raising their four children since 2000. She has been a fitness trainer since 2001 and is certified in Polyvagal Yoga which inspired her unique mat work, Selah. She has directed multiple children’s ministries, taught Art, and started her own design business in 2017! Emily completed three levels of the Allender Center Certificate Program, Narrative Focused Trauma Care from 2019-2022.
This is the Baker family in 2022! We have spent most of our time as a family in full time ministry. We have a passion to grow in our walk with Christ and guide others in their journey no matter the age or stage! Ryan and Emily were both raised in Edmond, Oklahoma and after years in Japan, St. Louis, and Ft. Collins, we have landed back in Stillwater, Oklahoma! After our extensive training with the Allender Center beginning in 2017, we became increasingly aware of God’s calling on our lives. Story Matters Coaching was launched in the Spring of 2022!