RON BARBER
Leadership Programs
EDUCATION
- PhD Intercultural Studies, 2010
Trinity International University - MDiv in Cross-Cultural Studies, 1985
Columbia International University - BS Mechanical Engineering, 1980
University of South Carolina
TEACHING AREAS
- Integrative Introduction to Bible, Culture, and Theology
- Contextualization
- Church Planting
- (Advanced Degree Programs) Cultural Anthropology
- (Advanced Degree Programs) Global Theology
STRATEGIC TEAM RESPONSIBILITIES
- Leadership Programs Team – Intercultural Studies Discipline Chair
PUBLICATIONS
- “Host-directed Short-term Missions: Interviews with Japanese Liaisons,” published in Missiology, 2015.
- “Culture and the Missional Engagement with Good and Evil: What We Learned About Contextualization from J. Robertson McQuilkin”, in the book Transformed from Glory to Glory, CLC Publications, 2015.
IGSL FACULTY MEMBER SINCE 2016
Ron Barber mentors students in the areas of leadership and ministry contextualization. He joined the IGSL faculty after 23 years of church planting in Japan with The Evangelical Alliance Mission (TEAM) and three years of teaching at Eastwest College of Intercultural Studies in New Zealand. Aside from being a missionary, he is an ordained minister of Columbia Evangelical Church.
He is married to Amy Barber, and they have three grown children, Natasha, Stephanie, and Justin, as well as four grandchildren. In his free time, Ron enjoys playing any type of sports, especially basketball.
◄ BARBER, AMY | CABARON, ZONNIE ►
He is married to Amy Barber, and they have three grown children, Natasha, Stephanie, and Justin, as well as four grandchildren. In his free time, Ron enjoys playing any type of sports, especially basketball.
◄ BARBER, AMY | CABARON, ZONNIE ►