John Baker is the founder of Celebrate Recovery®, a ministry
started at Saddleback Church. It is estimated that over the last 25
years more than 3.5 million people have gone through this
Christ-centered recovery program. There are currently over 27,000
churches that have weekly Celebrate Recovery meetings.
John has been on staff since Celebrate Recovery started. He has
served as the Pastor of Membership, the Pastor of Ministries, and
is currently the Pastor of Saddleback Church's Signature
Ministries. He is also serving as one of the nine Elder Pastors at
Saddleback. John is a nationally known speaker and trainer in
helping churches start Celebrate Recovery ministries.
John's writing accomplishments include Celebrate Recovery's The
Journey Begins Curriculum, Life's Healing Choices, the Celebrate
Recovery Study Bible (general editor), and The Landing and
Celebration Place (coauthor). John's newest books are Your First
Step to Celebrate Recovery and The Celebrate Recovery Devotional
(coauthor).
John and his wife Cheryl, the cofounder of Celebrate Recovery, have
been married for more than four decades and have served together in
Celebrate Recovery since the beginning. They have two adult
children, Laura and Johnny, and five grandchildren.
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