Dr. Brant D. Baker Brant D. Baker is Senior Pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Mesa, Arizona. He is the editor of The Abingdon Children's Sermon Library and author of two books published by Abingdon Press, Teaching P.R.A.Y.E.R. and Play that Preaches. Books by Dr. Brant D. Baker Teaching P.R.A.Y.E.R. (Prayer)