92nd General
Assembly
Rep. Brian
Baker, a Republican, represents part of Cass County (District 123) in the
Missouri House of Representatives. He
was elected to the House in November 2002.
In addition to
his legislative duties, Rep. Baker is the assistant pastor and ministry
director for the First Baptist Church in Belton: Heartland Family
Ministries. He is the former missions
coordinator for the Heritage Southern Baptist Association. He was elected to the
Belton Board of Alderman in April 2001, where he serves on the Transportation
Review Committee and as the Park Board liaison.
Rep. Baker is
a member of the following organizations:
Student Ministries of First Baptist Church; executive board, Belton
Corporation for Economic Development; Belton Chamber of Commerce; Raymore
Chamber of Commerce; Cass Coalition of Chambers; Cass County CHART – Community
Health Assessment Resource Team; Belton CARES – anti-drug team; Missouri Farm
Bureau; Bel-Ray Sunrise Lions Club; Cass County Republican Club; Cass County
Republican Committee; Concerned Women of America; Missouri Right to Life; and
the Cass County Sister City Organization.
A recipient of
the 1999 Scottish Highland Service Shield, which has not been awarded to an
American since Dwight D. Eisenhower, Rep. Baker has also received the Five Year
Service Award from the First Baptist Church of Belton; the 1992 Belton Youth of
the Year award and was a 1998 inductee in the Heartland High School Hall of
Fame.
A 1992
graduate of Heartland High School, Rep. Baker earned a bachelor of arts degree
in English literature, with a minor in psychology from Central Missouri State
University in 1998. He will complete a
master’s degree in religious studies at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
in 2002.
Rep. Baker
lives in Belton with his wife, Kristen and their two children: Kaylinn and Grant.