{"id":1874,"date":"2023-05-05T19:45:49","date_gmt":"2023-05-06T01:45:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/172.16.100.25\/?page_id=1874"},"modified":"2026-07-22T15:53:46","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T21:53:46","slug":"about-baxter","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/baxterinstitute.edu\/index.php\/about-baxter\/","title":{"rendered":"About Baxter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><strong>About Baxter<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Baxter Institute<\/strong> is a Christian educational institution. Its sole purpose is to prepare its students to become preachers, teachers, missionaries, and leaders among churches of Christ throughout the Spanish-speaking world. For over 50 years, Baxter Institute has provided ministerial training in a Latin American context<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"720\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1280 \/ 720;\" width=\"1280\" autoplay controls src=\"https:\/\/baxterinstitute.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/videos\/we-are-baxter-music.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-inline-notice uagb-inline_notice__align-left uagb-block-ae42dd6e\"><button class=\"uagb-notice-close-button\" type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Close\"><\/button><h4 class=\"uagb-notice-title\"><strong>Baxter Institute<\/strong> is<\/h4><div class=\"uagb-notice-text\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Originally established in <a href=\"\/index.php\/history\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"\/index.php\/history\">Mexico in 1964,<\/a> Baxter Institute was later moved to Tegucigalpa, Honduras in 1978.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today there are over 700 graduates of Baxter\u2019s residential program, ministers, and families involved in a variety of ministries all across Latin America and the U.S.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/172.16.100.25\/index.php\/academics\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"77\">Residential Ministry Program<\/a>.<\/strong>  Baxter\u2019s resident training program is a four-year, university-level, academic program. It is supplemented with weekend church ministry assignments and annual campaigns.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"\/index.php\/pam-internships\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"\/index.php\/pam-internships\"><strong>PAM Internships. Programa de Aprendizaje Missionero<\/strong> (PAM)<\/a> comes at the end of the resident training program. It is a six-month internship program. The focus is missionary-specific training for Baxter students at the end of their senior year. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"\/index.php\/celo-leadership-training\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"\/index.php\/about-baxter\/missions\/celo-leadership-training\/\">CELO.<\/a><\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/celo-leadership-training\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"celo-leadership-training\"> <\/a> The CELO program is a one-year, 20 module correspondence course offered to all.  Once completed, graduates receive a diploma. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/172.16.100.25\/index.php\/academics\/pec\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"2035\">PEC.<\/a>  <\/strong>PEC is a three-year intensive program for leaders and workers that crave better preparation. Courses are offered online on Saturdays.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/172.16.100.25\/index.php\/clinic\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1187\">JMA Clinic<\/a><\/strong>.  James Moody Adams&nbsp;<strong>Baxter Clinic<\/strong>&nbsp;sits adjacent to the main campus and serves the medical needs of not only the Baxter students, staff, and campus visitors, but also those of our neighbors from&nbsp;the poor communities surrounding Baxter.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"\/index.php\/childrens-nutrition-program\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"\/index.php\/childrens-nutrition-program\"><strong>Nutrition Program<\/strong> <\/a>The Nutrition Program targets children with nutritional challenges.  It seeks to address the ever challenging nutritional needs of poor children and their families through food supplements and education.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/172.16.100.25\/index.php\/clinic\/dental-program\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1281\">Dental.<\/a><\/strong> The clinic offers dental services in the mornings.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/172.16.100.25\/index.php\/clinic\/vcom\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1279\"><strong>VCOM.<\/strong> <\/a> The <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vcom.edu\/about\">Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine<\/a><\/strong> (VCOM), headquartered in Blacksburg, Virginia has partnered with Baxter Institute to provide high quality medical services to the community.  VCOM students from the campus in Blacksburg and additional campuses in Spartanburg, SC, Auburn, Ala., and Monroe, La. fulfill their internships at the Baxter clinic.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/172.16.100.25\/index.php\/clinic\/hope-to-walk\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1283\">Hope-to-Walk.<\/a><\/strong>  Partnering with Baxter,  Hope to Walk works to manufacture prosthetic legs for third-world amputees.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About Baxter Baxter Institute is a Christian educational institution. Its sole purpose is to prepare its students to become preachers, teachers, missionaries, and leaders among churches of Christ throughout the Spanish-speaking world. 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Steve is the fifth president of The Baxter Institute. Dr. Stephen \u201cSteve\u201d Teel, took the Baxter helm on January 1, 2013. He is the fifth president of the Baxter Institute.Steve\u2019s undergraduate work was at Freed-Hardeman (\u201970-\u201973) and Harding (\u201974). 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They are active members in area churches where they lead ministries and frequently conduct seminars in area congregations and neighboring nations. The high academic\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/baxterinstitute.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2x4a8552_0004_capa-4-1024x683.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/baxterinstitute.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2x4a8552_0004_capa-4-1024x683.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/baxterinstitute.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2x4a8552_0004_capa-4-1024x683.png?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/baxterinstitute.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2x4a8552_0004_capa-4-1024x683.png?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":8,"url":"https:\/\/baxterinstitute.edu\/","url_meta":{"origin":1874,"position":4},"title":"BAXTER INSTITUTE","author":"Ramon Avila","date":"June 16, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Baxter Institute Since 1964, we've been training preachers in Latin America and extending Christ's compassion through medical missions and benevolence Meet Baxter We are a ministry of the Church of Christ and serve in the following areas. 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