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Connie Bates messily throws together sugar, flour and other ingredients in her kitchen laboratory. She calls herself a “kitchen chemist.” “Sometimes it blows up. Sometimes it doesn’t,” she said. But for this Idaho National Laboratory (INL) employee, baking is a blue-ribbon affair. This year, her culinary concoctions won praises and prizes at the Eastern Idaho […]

Celebrate Recovery founder John Baker dies Written by Mike Thom Thursday, Feb 25 2021, 9:02 AM John Baker gave his life over to Jesus 30 years ago and was healed from addictions. (Celebrate Recovery/Facebook) Article continues below advertisement ↴ The man who along with his wife founded a program that has helped millions of people find freedom from hurts, habits, or hangups, has died. John Baker passed away on Tuesday, February 23, according to a statement from the program Cele...

The Saddleback Church pastor developed the popular Christ-centered 12-step program for “hurts, habits, and hang-ups.” Kate Shellnutt| Image: Courtesy of Saddleback Church / Edits by Christianity Today Celebrate Recovery founder John Baker, who turned his testimony recovering from alcoholism into a biblical 12-step program used by more than 7 million people, died unexpectedly on Tuesday at age 72. Baker’s ministry began in 1991 at Saddleback Church in California and has ...