LEROY BARBER
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Bio
Leroy Barber has dedicated more than 20 years to eradicating poverty, confronting homelessness, restoring local neighborhoods, healing racism, and living what Dr. King called “the beloved community.”
Leroy starts projects that shape society; In 1990, burdened by the plight of the Philadelphia’s homeless, he founded Restoration Ministries, to serve homeless families and children living on the streets. In 1997, he joined FCS Urban Ministries, to serve as the founding Director of Atlanta Youth Academies, a private elementary school, to provide quality Christian education for low-income families in the inner city.
He is currently the President of Mission Year, a national urban initiative introducing 18-29 year olds to missional and communal living in city centers for one year of their lives. Rev. Barber is the Pastor of a church plant, Community Fellowships Church; and on the boards of Atlanta Youth Academy and DOOR. Leroy was also chosen as a contributor to the ground-breaking book, UnChristian: What a New Generation Thinks About Christianity and Why It Matters.
Leroy is married to Donna and together they have three children, Jessica, Joshua and Joel.
New Neighbor
Learn more about Leroy's first book, New Neighbor: An Invitation to Join Beloved Community
New Neighbor Book Tour
11.07.08 | 7:30pm
IL Capriccio Pizzeria
4518 Hollywood Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90027
11.15.08 | 6:30pm–8:30pm
Busboys and Poets New Location
1025 5th St NW
Washington, DC 20001
Speaking Topics:
- New Neighboring
- Beloved Community
- Black, White and Shades of Gray: A Look at Multi-Ethnicity
- Multi-Ethnic Missions
- Community Transformation
Recent Blogs
- ‘A Black Man Would Never Be President’
- Leroy's Trip to Michigan
- Review of New Neighbor
- Leroy's Recent Post on God's Politics Blog
- Are You Ready for Some Service?
Endorsements
"Leroy Barber communicates with intelligence and passion, and out of years of experience. As the leader of a missionary organization with a national outreach, he has demonstrated an ability to motivate Christians to live out a holistic gospel that combines evangelism with commitments to social justice."
Tony Campolo, PhD
Eastern University
St. Davids, PA
"Leroy Barber is a passionate urban warrior and leader who has an incredible ability to, inform, inspire and move others to action."
Betty Glover Palmer, Chair
Department of Urban Studies
Beulah Heights University
Atlanta, GA
"Leroy Barber combines a compassionate heart, an authentic life, a keen mind, and an engaging style of communication in a way that first makes friends out of his listeners, and then challenges those friends to be and do better in the name of Jesus. Everyone I've recommended him to has called back to tell me how great he is, almost as if I didn't already know."
Bart Campolo
The Walnut Hills Fellowship
Cincinnati, OH
"Leroy Barber is a compelling communicator. His first hand knowledge and work "in the trenches" of today's cities give him insights that bring to life biblical principles."
Nikki Toyama-Szeto
Urbana Program Director
"Leroy's life and work paint a beautiful mosaic of Christ embodied in a neighborhood and the raw stories of love, incarnation and redemption are sure to inspire and guide a generation to live out one of Christ's central commands."
Gabe Lyons
Founder, Fermi Project & Author, Unchristian
Sermons
Mission Year Podcast / 04.17.08
Video Podcast: Mission Year Orientation 2007
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Mission Year Podcast / 04.03.08
FEATURED TALK: Leroy Barber, Mission Year President, "Embracing Babylon"
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