“God is working out His purpose He has planned for you and me.

Though from us it may be hidden, some day we shall plainly see."

The words of a hymn or gospel song have often seemed the way God has chosen to provide directions for the next step. In January, 2001, Marvin’s wife lost her five year battle with congestive heart failure following two massive heart attacks. His daughter had been in a coma for more that a year.  Prayer was a solace for him.

God arranged for Paul and Marvin to meet through an internet prayer group. Seeking to be a part of the answer for someone neither of them knew involved some lengthy telephone conversations. Though they were both unaware, God was laying the groundwork for Baker Trittin Press.

In December, 2001, Marvin’s daughter’s fight was over. She had run the race and finished the course. Vangie’s vision for a transliteration of the Gospels was left in her father’s hands. Paul Trittin encouraged him to complete the task the father-daughter team had begun.

Dr. Baker had retired three times. In 1979 he left his 35 year teaching career. It included 10 years in elementary, 10 in junior and senior high schools, and the balance in two Christian universities. In 1989 he retired from a parachurch ministry executive position. In 1995 he was sure he was through working when he retired from his position as operations manager for a large church. God had other plans and Caleb, the patriarch, came to mind.

A native of Kokomo, Indiana, Baker was the second person to receive a doctoral degree from Ball State University. As an NDEA Fellow there, he did pioneer research in creativity. His research was based on 2400 writing samples of sixth grade students. He did twelve months post-doctoral study at Indiana University as a recipient of another NDEA Fellowship to study the facilitation of instruction in the elementary grades.

His love for gospel music almost equaled his love for teaching. In 1973 he took The Singing Travelers, a group of nine high students on a 29 day tour to South Korea, Taiwan, the Philippines, Japan, and Hong Kong. His singers alsodid concerts in 40 states and Canada.

His poetry, articles, and songs have appeared in both Christian and secular periodicals. Dr. Baker is currently writing the Gospel Storyteller Series which will provide an introduction to each of the four Gospels and the Book of Acts.

Dr. Baker lives in Warsaw, Indiana.

Paul S. Trittin, president of Baker Trittin Press, is a Southern California native who has not lost his love of the West. A native of Los Angeles, he jokes that for years he thought snow was a destination instead of a happening.

Trittin did not choose publishing as a career; it chose him. Although he was accepted for the Chenard School of Art, he chose to attend Vanguard University. The need to decide on a college major is probably one of the reasons he never graduated. His non-conforming creativity was demonstrated in his choice of classes for he took only those that appealed to him which made it difficult for him to earn a major without becoming a professional student.

His creative educational journey was interrupted by his military service. While in the army during the Viet Nam War he served in the US Army’s Congressional liaison which placed him in contact with both the White House and Congress. Later several opportunities open to him deterred his return to pursue a formal education. His thirst for knowledge was not abated and he gained expertise in a variety of disciplines.

Following his military service he returned to California and before the age of twenty-five he had become vice president of three different companies. Without a college degree or ministerial training he was asked to serve his denomination as a facilitator in establishing the International Correspondence Institute, with headquarters in Brussels, Belgium. In this capacity there he supervised the production of Christian education materials used worldwide in classes from elementary to seminary levels.

While living in Brussels, he was the only American invited to enter his paintings in the Belgian Flemish National Art Festival. As a result Trittin was commissioned by the Bank of America to do a series of four paintings of native Americans for their International Headquarters in London.

Returning to the United State he was Director of Operations for Life Publishers International, a multi-language publishers of Bibles, curriculum and inspirational books. LPI was later purchased by Zondervan. In 1987 he moved to Kansas City and opened a gallery specializing in Oriental rugs, antique artifacts, fine art, and interior design.

He and Dr. Baker joined there special talents in the formation of Baker Trittin Concepts in 2001 while in Grand Haven, Michigan. For the next two years they did publication consulting. In 2003 they began publishing books for tweeners and changed the company name to Baker Trittin Press to more accurately reflect their business and ministry interests.  They moved their offices to Winona Lake, Indiana in 2004.