In a memorial service today we honored our Lord who worked mightily in the life of Dan Coker. Dan was a legend, a mentor, and truly a servant leader. He would engaged the intelectual in a Global campaign and then on the way to the airport let our taxi driver know how much God loved his soul. What a blessing he was to have as friend, adviser, and counselor for we who were young missionaries in 1980s. Besides being a brilliant orator, he excelled as a teacher. You didn’t forget his lectures in those 1970s mission seminars at ACU on the Latin American Culture nor his one-day pep talks to campaigners who were getting ready to hit the streets. He companioned the Global Campaigns to nine mega cities in Latin America as well as the annual Pan American lectures. He not only motivated ex-missionaries to return again the field, he did it. No tribute is sufficient; Paul’s personal summation perhaps best captures Dan, “For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.” Phil. 1:21. He embodied Jesus’ love for others and especially Latin Americans. The victorious resurrected Lord of Revelation 1 that Dan powerfully proclaimed in the great cities of Latin America is now his to behold. #baxterdancoker #baxtermissions https://www.instagram.com/p/B3QqF-tJ15s/?igshid=1xbez9976iawt
