Wayne A. Barber
Wayne Barber is a graduate of Mars Hill College in Mars Hill, North Carolina.
He attended Southern Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky and Asbury Seminary in Wilmore, Kentucky. He has received two honorary doctorate degrees from North Florida Baptist Theological Seminary in Jacksonville, FL and from Covington Theological Seminary in Rossville, Georgia.
Wayne has served churches in Kentucky, Louisiana, South Carolina, Mississippi and Tennessee. For 18 years, he was the Sr. Pastor of Woodland Park Baptist Church in Chattanooga, TN. While there, he had the special opportunity to serve as co-teacher with Kay Arthur for 14 years at Precept Ministries.
Wayne had the privilege of learning to exegete Scripture from the Greek text by studying for 10 years with Dr. Spiros Zodhiates, one of the leading Greek scholars in the world. During that time he co-hosted Dr. Zodhiate’s radio and TV program, New Testament Light.
Wayne has taught the message of “Living Grace”, Christ living in and through a believer, around the world. He is president, founder, and principal speaker of Living Grace Ministries. He has been Sr. Pastor of Hoffmantown Church in Albuquerque, NM since March 2002.
Wayne has authored several books, the most recent one published by Broadman and Holman is entitled Living Grace: Letting Jesus Be Jesus In You. He has also co-authored the Following God series of studies published by AMG. Wayne enjoys the great outdoors and is an avid hunter and fisherman. Wayne and his wife, Diana, were married in 1969. They have two children and five wonderful grandchildren!
