Baxter, Evan

N.Z.B.M.S. Missionary, Papua New Guinea, 1980-1984. The Baxters were originally appointed to Irian Jaya but when entrance visas were not forthcoming they began interim work in Baiyer, Papua New Guinea, where they studied Pidgin and helped in the work of the mission station. When it seemed unlikely that the door would open to Irian Jaya they stayed on in Papua New Guinea and were assigned to Tekin in East Sepik. Here Baxter played a key role in developing the national church; training, mentoring and overseeing national Pastors and leaders in addition to undertaking intensive language study. Ref.: S.L. Edgar and M.J. Eade, Toward the Sunrise: The Centenary History of the New Zealand Baptist Missionary Society, (New Zealand Baptist Historical Society: 1985), 254.