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Rev. Glenn A. Barth serves with Jarvis Ward as Team Leader for the Mission America City/Community Ministries Division. Prior to serving in this role, Rev. Barth was the Executive Pastor at Colonial Church of Edina, MN. As a pastor, he has served churches in Ohio, Indiana and Minnesota.

Glenn's first exposure to city transformation movements came in Pittsburgh in the late 1970's. He was especially effective as he worked with fellow pastors in Muncie, Indiana in the 1990's in the areas of citywide prayer, evangelism and social action. With Mission America, he works with pastors and laypersons throughout the nation in achieving the Mission America vision: The whole church taking the whole gospel to the whole nation and to the world.

His personal mission is "to mobilize the church in cities and communities for the transformation of lives and institutions under the Lordship of Jesus Christ by identifying, connecting, resourcing and empowering church leaders"

He has been a member of US Lausanne Committee and currently serves as a member of the National Prayer Committee. He is a noted conference speaker and has written articles, which have appeared in Leadership, Prayer Magazine and the Mission Herald.

Glenn is a graduate of Denison University and Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary where he received the John Tate Memorial Award for Outstanding Potential in the Pastorate, and was named Outstanding Student in Theological Studies. Glenn has the distinction of being named one of the Outstanding Young Men in America for three years in a row.

Glenn and his wife Kathy have two children and live in Eden Prairie, MN.