Podcast appearances and mentions of leroy barber

This week, we continue our Social Impact Leader series, featuring incredible voices from the Plywood Social Impact Leaders event. Our guest is Leroy Barber, Executive Director of Word Made Flesh Ministries and former president of Mission Year and Focused Community Strategies (FCS) Urban Ministries. Leroy shares valuable insights on sustaining leadership in the nonprofit sector and delivers motivational advice for aspiring social impact leaders. Tune in and get inspired! Follow: instagram.com/socialimpactleader socialimpactleader.com Follow: instagram.com/plywoodpeople plywoodpeople.com Learn more: southface.org This Podcast is brought to you by WABE, part of the NPR Network. wabe.org/podcasts Edited By: DJ OP Diggy Produced By: LaTasha Brown Music By: DJ OP DiggySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this powerful episode, we sit down with Leroy Barber, a dedicated leader with over 20 years of experience in combating poverty, homelessness, and racism while fostering what Dr. King called "the beloved community." We discuss Leroy's innovative projects, including the founding of Atlanta Youth Academies and Community Grounds Coffee shop, and his vision for a more inclusive, loving community. He also dives into the importance of faith in driving social change and how we can actively serve our neighbors—often just a street away. With insights from his books, including New Neighbor, Leroy inspires us to embrace our roles as agents of change in our communities. Join us for this enlightening conversation that challenges us to reflect on our responsibilities and the impact we can have in creating a more just world. Don't miss it!

Leroy Barber joins us to share about the US's history of reparations and how the scriptures talk about making repairs. 

Remember, you can watch the Superpowers for Good show on e360tv. To watch the episode, download the #e360tv channel app to your streaming device–Roku, AppleTV or AmazonFireTV–or your mobile device. You can even watch it on the web or YouTube.When you purchase an item, launch a crowdfunding campaign or invest after clicking a link here, we may earn a commission. It's an easy way to support our work.Devin: Rosa Lee, what do you see as your superpower?Rosa Lee: Growing up in the church, I just kind of saw through a bunch of the crap, if you will, about what people thought church was about and saw I had a clear vision of that. What my faith needed to be about was figuring out what Jesus would do and doing it.Devin: What's your superpower, Leroy?Leroy: I've been a person who can look out and do something and bring people together to do something scary.Rosa Lee Harden and her husband and business partner, Kevin Doyle Jones, founded Neighborhood Economics as a community-focused version of the highly successful SoCap event series they created.“Back in 2008, my husband, Kevin Jones, and a bunch of us started this organization called SoCap,” Rosa Lee said. “We decided after about a decade that we wanted to go more downstream, if you will, and start working with economics in a way that could change neighborhoods for good.”The next Neighborhood Economics event is in San Antonio, Texas, on February 26 - 28, 2024. The event will feature about 70 speakers in 42 sessions over the three days.Leroy Barber, the executive director of Neighborhood Economics, joined us for this conversation. He says the enterprise brings together the world of impact investing and social entrepreneurship with his traditional focus on community development and church work. The connection to faith is more overt than implied, as it was at SoCap, recognizing faith leaders' and organizations' roles in repairing local economies. “We are mostly Christians in our organization, but we believe that faith writ large, not just Christianity, is the glue that holds the moral compass of the economy together,” Rosa Lee said. “It's important for people of faith to be in conversation with the economy.”A vital element of the event is bringing about a dozen foundations together to talk about patient capital's role in local community investing.Rosa Lee and Leroy both bring their superpowers to work. Rosa Lee's early conviction to do what Jesus would and Leroy's ability to get people together to complete scary community projects enable them to impact communities through their events.AI Episode Summary1. Devin Thorpe introduces Rosa Lee Harden, founder of Neighborhood Economics, and her colleague Leroy Barber as his guests on the "Superpowers for Good" show.2. Rosa Lee talks about starting SoCap in 2008, focusing on global impact investing, and later creating Neighborhood Economics with a more local approach to building economic justice in neighborhoods through ideas and community collaboration.3. Neighborhood Economics hosts events that bring together around 300 people to discuss actionable ways of making positive changes in local communities with input from national experts.4. Leroy Barber joined the initiative after being invited to SoCap, realizing the potential connections between social entrepreneurship, impact investing, and local community development.5. Rosa Lee highlights the purpose of Neighborhood Economics as a platform for facilitating discussions that SoCap couldn't cater to, such as impact investing for specific local contexts, and emphasizes the role of faith as a moral compass in economy-related conversations.6. Leroy explains the importance of the faith community as a mobilizer for local economic efforts, fostering a merge between the financial world and faith-directed community action.7. Rosa Lee shares details about an upcoming event in San Antonio, Texas, providing a platform for discussing various topics like reversing redlining, equitable homeownership, and employee-owned business models, alongside sessions about the role of faith in economic justice.8. Rosa Lee considers one of her superpowers to be her ability to see through superficial religious motivations and focus on living out her faith through actions that reflect a divine dream for the world, as well as her exceptional capability to organize large events without stress.9. Leroy identifies his superpower as the ability to bring people together to undertake challenging and transformative community work, fostering relationships and building unlikely alliances.10. Rosa Lee invites viewers to the Neighborhood Economics event and provides contact information for both her and Leroy—Rosa Lee at rosalee@neighborhoodeconomics.org and Leroy at leroy@neighborhoodeconomics.org—for anyone interested in connecting or learning more about their work.To help others learn about Neighborhood Economics, share this post.How to Develop Doing As Jesus Would As a SuperpowerSoCap is the living manifestation of the power of Rosa Lee's influence. Her faith led her to keep the balance at the events on impact, so the focus didn't shift entirely to making money.“The idea that was emerging in the early 2000s, that you could invest for profit in mission-based businesses, that businesses should have a mission and that they should be doing good, and that you could follow your money through that path has proved to be true,” she says. In those early days of SoCap, her influence helped to maintain the balance.By following Rosa Lee's example, you can increase your ability to apply principles of your faith in contexts outside of worship services. With practice, this could become a superpower that enables you to do more good in the world.How to Develop Completing Scary Community Projects As a SuperpowerLeroy explains his superpower:My superpower is to convince people on the margins in local neighborhoods who've been underneath it for so long and are not resourced that this is possible. [Impact investors and social entrepreneurs] exist, and you can come meet them. We're going to pull all of y'all together, right? And something powerful can and will keep happening. I love the idea of that because people don't believe that that's there. My superpower is convincing people it's there.By following Leroy's example, you can make bringing people together to tackle scary problems something that you can do, too. With practice, you can make it a superpower that enables you to do more good in the world.Remember, however, that research into success suggests that building on your own superpowers is more important than creating new ones or overcoming weaknesses. You do you!Guest ProfileAbout Neighborhood Economics: Neighborhood Economics convenes, recruits, and connects people repairing local economies. Our convenings gather local leaders, impact investors, catalytic foundations, minority entrepreneurs, and people of faith who want to build a more just economy.Website: https://neighborhoodeconomics.orgX/Twitter Handle: @neighboreconCompany Facebook Page: fb.com/neighborhoodeconomics/Other URL: https://neighborhoodeconomics.org/san-antonio/Rosa Lee Harden (she/her):Executive Producer, Neighborhood EconomicsBiographical Information: The Rev. Canon Rosa Lee Harden is a self-described serial entrepreneur. Her vocational life has included being publisher of weekly newspapers, trade journals, a business journal and CEO of a ‘Silicon Valley' start-up. She was ordained as an Episcopal Priest in 2000 and served as Vicar of Holy Innocents Episcopal Church in San Francisco for ten years. She also served as the Canon for Money and Meaning at All Soul's Episcopal Cathedral in Asheville, NC. In 2003, she developed ‘via media,' a video curriculum about basic theology for the Episcopal church, developed at a time when the church was under great stress. Purchased by more than 1000 churches, it brought healing and connection across the denomination. In 2008, she and her husband, Kevin Jones, launched the global SOCAP (Social Capital Markets) conference, the conference at the intersection of money and meaning. In its 11th year, SOCAP18 brought more than 3,000 people from more than 60 countries to San Francisco to accelerate the good economy. Now, Rosa Lee is leading F+F: Reimagining God's Economy, a conference to enable the varied and disconnected tribes of the Christian church to learn a language for making theological sense of money and its uses. She is also executive producer of Neighborhood Economics, a convening in Indianapolis that brought together leaders and practitioners in the field.Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/roharden/Leroy Barber (he/him):Executive Director, Neighborhood Economics Biographical Information: Leroy Barber has dedicated 30 years living and working towards what Dr. King called “the beloved community.”Leroy starts projects that shape society. In 1989, burdened by the plight of Philadelphia's homeless, he and his wife, Donna, founded Restoration Ministries to serve homeless families and children living on the streets. In 1994, he became Director of Internship Programs at Cornerstone Christian Academy. Leroy was licensed and ordained at Mt Zion Baptist Church where he served as Youth Director with Donna, and also served as Associate Minister of Evangelism.  In 1997, he joined FCS Urban Ministries in Atlanta, GA, working with the Atlanta Youth Project to serve as the founding Executive Director of Atlanta Youth Academies, a private elementary school providing quality Christian education for low-income families in the inner city.  Leroy also helped found DOOR Atlanta, Community Life Church, South Atlanta Marketplace, and Community Grounds Coffee shop in Atlanta, as well as Green My Hood and The Voices Project. Leroy is an innovator, entrepreneur and lover of the arts. Leroy has a Masters Degree in Divinity and D. Min.Leroy is currently Executive Director for Neighborhood Economics, former Director of Innovation for an Engaged Church serving the Greater NW area of the United Methodist Church. Leroy is the Co-Founder of the Voices Project and Adjunct professor at Multnomah University. Rev. Barber has served on the boards of The Simple Way, Missio Alliance, The Evangelical Environmental Network (EEN), and the Former Board Chair of the Christian Community Development Association (CCDA).He is the author of four books:• New Neighbor: An Invitation to Join Beloved Community (2008, Mission Year)• Everyday Missions: How Ordinary People Can Change the World (2012, Intervarsity Press)• Red, Brown, Yellow, Black and White: Who's More Precious In His Sight? with Velma Maia Thomas, 2014, Faith Words/Hachette Book Group)• Embrace: God's Radical Shalom For A Divided World (2016, Intervarsity Press)Leroy currently lives in Portland, Oregon and has been married to Donna for the past 35 years. Together they have six children.X/Twitter Handle: @leroybarberLinkedin: linkedin.com/in/leroy-barber-899041aInstagram Handle: @Leroybarber Upcoming SuperCrowd Event CalendarIf a location is not noted, the events below are virtual.* Impact Cherub Club Meeting hosted by The Super Crowd, Inc., a public benefit corporation, on February 20, 2024, at 1:00 PM Eastern. Each month, the Club meets to review new offerings for investment consideration and to conduct due diligence on previously screened deals. Everyone is welcome to join the free events.* SuperCrowdHour February with the CfPA Executive Committee: This free event on February 21, 2024, at 1:00 PM Eastern, features President Brian Christie, Vice President Jenny Kassan, Secretary Brian Belley and Chair Scott McIntyre. Learn how you can join and make a difference. Earn rewards!* SuperCrowdBaltimore, March 21, 2024 This in-person event at the B&O Rail Museum features some of Baltimore's prominent citizens and community leaders. 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This week on 20 Minute Takes, we talk with Leroy Barber about his work as the Executive Director of Neighborhood Economics. Listen in as he and Nikki discuss how Christians can show up in their neighborhoods for good, the importance of convening economic resources with practitioners, and how to integrate economics as a communal practice. You can find Leroy:Website: https://neighborhoodeconomics.org/Instagram: @leroybarber Twitter: @leroybarber His most recent book: Embrace: God's Radical Shalom for a Divided World 20 Minute Takes is a production of Christians for Social ActionHost and Producer: Nikki Toyama-Szeto Edited by: Wiloza MediaMusic: Andre Henry

In which Pamela Dayton joins Jo to discuss free hugs, tear gas, her calling, refugee camps, her journey to seminary, antiracism, and how much she loves Jesus. Pamela mentions Leroy Barber in this episode, as well as the book Exclusion and Embrace. Transcripts, when available, can be found at patreon.com/wthiap. Just search for the episode title. Don't see a transcript you're looking for? Let us know via email. Find all things WTHIAP at wthiap.com.

In this episode of the Plywood Podcast, we are joined by Leroy Barber, an accomplished Author, Speaker, and the dedicated Executive Director of Neighborhood Economics. Leroy shares the significance of comprehending the very communities one engages with before endeavoring to bring about change. With clarity, he distinguishes between the roles of assistance and ownership, shedding light on nuanced differences.Tune in as Leroy delves into his experiences of introducing valuable resources to spaces that have hitherto been devoid of them, steering the course for progress as a visionary non-profit leader. If you're intrigued to learn more about Leroy's inspiring journey and perspectives, don't miss out on this enlightening episode.Learn more about Leroy's WorkWelcome to the Plywood Podcast: Real talk for social entrepreneurs and nonprofit leaders.Plywood is a nonprofit in Atlanta leading a community of startups doing good. Over the past 12 years, we have worked with over 1000 startup founders and nonprofit leaders wrestling with the tensions of starting, growing, and sustaining.Think of The Plywood Podcast as a kitchen table conversation debating the pros and woes of running a business and sustaining a nonprofit. We dive into building business plans, sustaining relationships (personal and professional), diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace, forming values while being a part of true cultural change for good, and so much more.Learn more about Plywood at PlywoodPeople.comPlywood is a non-profit in Atlanta leading a community of start-ups doing good.www.plywoodpeople.com

Welcome to the all-new podcast Why It Matters With Leroy Barber! In this preview episode Leroy explains why Juneteenth matters. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/whyitmatterswithleroy/message

Join host Leroy Barber and producer Andru Morgan as they talk anti-blackness and other issues of the world. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/situppodcast/message

Join host Rev. Leroy Barber as he preaches a very special message. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/situppodcast/message

Last year, many professional Santas talked to kids virtually. That was before the big vaccine rollout and long before FDA approval for vaccinating kids as young as 5. In year two of the pandemic, the holiday landscape looks a little different. And more people are seeking out in-person Santa visits. Professional Santas are in demand for public and private events and, in some cases, that demand outstrips what these friendly, bearded individuals came to expect in pre-pandemic years. Rev. Dr. Leroy Barber, aka Black Santa PDX, says he's doing at least twice as many events this year as he did in 2019. Susan Mesco has also seen explosive demand for in-person Santas. She's the founder and director of the Professional Santa Claus School and president of American Events & Promotions and SantaVisitsUSA. We hear from Barber, Mesco and Barb Wright, owner of Oodles Toy Store in Portland.

Join host Leroy Barber for the kick off of an all new season of the SITUP Podcast. This season Leroy will be taking SITUP to another level by asking each person about Sports, Innovation, Theology, the Ugly and what Public discourse they have been having. Episode one of the new season Leroy kick things off with D'Metri Mattocks the Director of Intercultural Life at George Fox University. This young black leader from Atlanta is making headlines and bringing fresh innovative biblical ideas to the GF campus. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/situppodcast/message

Co-hosts Lisa Greenwood and Casper ter Kuile talk with Rev. Leroy Barber, 2021 Locke Innovative Leader Award Winner. Leroy has dedicated 30 years to eradicating poverty, confronting homelessness, restoring local neighborhoods, healing racism, and living what Dr. King called “the beloved community.” Leroy is the Co-Founder of the Voices Project, which gathers leaders of color across fields, who pursue and work for change, for important conversations about the current challenges and triumphs within communities of color and their role as cultural influencers. Leroy is a seasoned innovator who has spent decades as a spiritual entrepreneur starting new ministries and organizations. He is the definition of an ‘edge leader' and yet, Leroy now serves deep in the center of the institution of the church as Director for Innovation for an Engaged Church in the Greater Northwest Area of the United Methodist Church. So how does an edge leader thrive when working in the heart of the center? Relationships. Leroy recognizes the value of relationship building between the center and the edge and brings people together to take the next faithful step in making God's dreams reality. Whether you are in ministry in the center or the edge, this episode will encourage you to see the gifts and graces of the other and consider the ways the center and edge can work together to make a positive difference in congregations and communities.   QUOTES “I came up with this saying that I think is mine. Innovation happens at the intersection of difference. Meaning, you can't really innovate if you don't bring something different in.” -Leroy Barber [21:41] “I manage relationships in the middle and I lead on the edge.” -Leroy Barber [27:37]   TIMESTAMPS [00:00] Intro [01:36] Meet Leroy Barber [03:56] Significant event that have shaped Leroy [06:07] The Voices Project [12:04] The resistance Leroy meets today [15:32] Building collaborations [19:32] His role at the United Methodist Church [22:23] What gives him that confidence to try something new [26:04] Staying grounded and energized [29:11] Three rapid fire questions [32:25] A blessing [33:36] Outro   RESOURCES & RELEVANT LINKS If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts / iTunes? For information about our co-host Casper ter Kuile, visit his website: caspertk.com and check out the work of Sacred Design Lab at sacred.design Find and follow Leroy Barber on Facebook @leroy.barber.71, Instagram and Twitter @leroybarber For information about The Voices Project, visit their website: voices-project.org Leroy Barber's most recent book is “Embrace: God's Radical Shalom for a Divided World.” This season features Wesleyan Investive's 2021 Tom Locke Innovative Award winners. The award honors spiritual entrepreneurs who have envisioned a broader mission field and have taken risks to make their God-sized dreams a reality. For more information about the award and the recipients, visit award.wesleyaninvestive.org. “God Has Work for Us To Do” music and lyrics by Mark Miller. Visit Mark's website at markamillermusic.com or find him on YouTube at youtube.com/c/markismusic67. This podcast is brought to you by the Leadership Ministry team at TMF and Wesleyan Investive. Leadership Ministry connects diverse, high capacity leaders in conversations and environments that create a network of courage, learning, and innovation in order to help the church lean into its God-appointed mission. For more information and to support Leadership Ministry, visit tmf-fdn.org/leadership-ministry.

This is part 2 of an extensive interview that Greg Burch conducted with Rev. Dr. Leroy Barber. On this one year anniversary that marks the killing of George Floyd by a convicted Minneapolis Police Officer, the Development and Justice Podcast reflects on the role of the Church and the need for a prophetic and liberating voice in these spheres. Guest, Rev. Dr. Barber, speaks plainly about the Church's mistakes and the opportunities to lead when it comes to standing up for racial justice in our communities.

This is part 2 of an extensive interview that Greg Burch conducted with Rev. Dr. Leroy Barber. On this one year anniversary that marks the killing of George Floyd by a convicted Minneapolis Police Officer, the Development and Justice Podcast reflects on the role of the Church and the need for a prophetic and liberating voice in these spheres. Guest, Rev. Dr. Barber, speaks plainly about the Church's mistakes and the opportunities to lead when it comes to standing up for racial justice in our communities.

This episode is part 1 of an extensive conversation with guest, Dr. Rev. Leroy Barber, adjunct professor in Community Development Practice at Multnomah University, co-founder of the Voices Project and Director of Innovation for an Engaged Church for the Greater Northwest Area of the United Methodist Church. Dr. Barber and host Dr. Greg Burch discuss lessons learned in the struggle for justice in community development spheres and the evolution of his own perspectives and background, covering his early years in ministry, the influence of mentors in his life and ministry engagement in the age of Covid.

This episode is part 1 of an extensive conversation with guest, Dr. Rev. Leroy Barber, adjunct professor in Community Development Practice at Multnomah University, co-founder of the Voices Project and Director of Innovation for an Engaged Church for the Greater Northwest Area of the United Methodist Church. Dr. Barber and host Dr. Greg Burch discuss lessons learned in the struggle for justice in community development spheres and the evolution of his own perspectives and background, covering his early years in ministry, the influence of mentors in his life and ministry engagement in the age of Covid.

What does it feel like to be a BIPOC in predominately White spaces? Join Lindsey and Andrea as they talk about all the things with Leroy Barber in this episode. We even talk about what we're doing for self- and community-care.

The coronavirus pandemic has disrupted many holiday traditions this year, including children's in-person visits with Santa Claus. But the people who play Santa have come up with creative solutions to adapt their visits online or at a distance. We'll speak with professional Santas Jeff Reuter and Dr. Leroy Barber about how they've managed to spread some holiday cheer amid a trying year.

Leroy Barber, Sarah Swartzendruber and Kurt Kroon discuss the inherent problems with Christian calls for unity in a post-election climate. 

A message from Leroy Barber on Lydia's table and the foundations of the church from Acts 16.

Interfaith leaders came together in the wake of the death of Mr. George Floyd by officers who knelt on his neck and body as he pled with them, “I can’t breathe!” In the weeks before and since Mr. Floyd’s death, multiple other black men, women and children have been killed by police. Listen as 14 of the most prolific and prophetic faith leaders in our nation engage the National Town Hall on Policing and Law Enforcement. Featuring:  Host, Lisa Sharon Harper, Freedom Road Rabbi Sharon Brous, IKAR- Los Angeles Valarie Kaur, Revolutionary Love Project Bishop Yvette Flunder, Fellowship of Affirming Ministries Stosh Cotler, Bend the Arc Bishop Darren Ferguson, Healing Communities USA Shane Claiborne, Red Letter Christians Sister Simone Campbell, NETWORK Lobby Jim Wallis, Sojourners  Rev. Dr. Leroy Barber, The Voices Project Rev. Dr. Otis Moss III, Trinity United Church of Christ Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis, The Poor People’s Campaign Rev. Aundreia Alexander, National Council of Churches Rev. Adam Taylor, Sojourners Co-sponsored by Freedom Road, LLC and Faith in Public Life

Date: 1/25/2020 Speaker: Leroy Barber

Join host Leroy Barber for a live listen in of Donna Baber reading from and talking about her book Bread for The Resistance. Donna Barber is cofounder of The Voices Project, an organization that influences culture through training and promoting leaders of color. She is also the director of Champions Academy, an initiative of the Portland Leadership Foundation that provides culturally responsive leadership development for student athletes. She lives in Portland, Oregon, with her husband, Leroy, and their children. https://www.ivpress.com/bread-for-the-resistance --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/situppodcast/message

The week host Leroy Barber recaps his time at SOCAP 19. SOCAP (Social Capital Markets) is in the vanguard of the emerging global impact economy convening ideas and capital to catalyze world change. During his time at SOCAP Leroy had very brief sit down with one of the founding members of SOCAP Rosa Lee Harden. Rosa Lee was the Executive Producer of SOCAP throughout the growth of the conference from 600 people in 2008 to more than 3,100 in 2017. She is a successful serial entrepreneur and for 25 years was an owner and publisher of newspapers, magazines, and trade journals, accomplishing turnarounds and launching successful startups that became the top publications in their markets. In 1996 she left the business world to become an Episcopal priest serving Holy Innocents in San Francisco for nearly 13 years. Having one foot in the faith world and one foot in entrepreneurship has been a great place from which to grow the conference at the intersection of money and meaning. This episode also features A spoken word performance from Amena Brown titled Betting It All --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/situppodcast/message

What Up Folks! Welcome to season two of the S.I.T. U.P. Podcast with host Leroy Barber! This season promises to bring 20 exciting yet thought-provoking episodes surrounding the theme of sports, innovation, theology, ugliness (injustice), and (you) public discourse. Kicking off the second season Leroy issues a firm challenge to all men to do their part in upending the patriarchal system that dominates our culture. You don't want to miss this one. Let's begin! This episode contains the poem 'For The Women' written and performed by Amena Brown for more information on Amena Brown and this poem: http://www.amenabrown.com https://youtu.be/CKk12eiUnmI This episode contains a reference to Author Bell Hooks and the book The Will to Change: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Will-to-Change/bell-hooks/9780743480338 What do you think about today's show? Please leave me a message at the link below: https://anchor.fm/situppodcast/message --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/situppodcast/message

Rev. Dr. Leroy Barber continues our summer sermon series with a message called "Are You Awake?" from 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11.

Join us for this very special edition of the SIT UP Podcast! As you know we interview a lot of dynamic leaders and today is no exception to the rule. SIT UP's very own Leroy Barber gets grilled by long time supporter and friend of the podcast Jess Bielman. Jess is a coworker of Leroy that is not scared to ask the tough questions and get great answers. On this episode Jess goes down the line and talks Sports, Innovation, Theology, the Ugly of injustice and even Public discourse with Leroy. Trust us you don't want to miss this special extended 2 part conversation with Jess and Leroy. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/situppodcast/message

Hear this amazing reflection on Good Friday with Leroy and Donna Barber, Mark Charles, Sunia Gibbs, Andru Morgan and Treneil Washington. 

Join host Leroy Barber for an eye opening discussion on LGBTIA rights with Andrea Sawyer-Kirksey. Andra, is a longtime friend of Leroy and strong leader of color in the several communities shares her personal journey with the SITUP Podcast. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/situppodcast/message

Continuing our discussions live from the Tampa Underground, host Leroy Barber and producer Andru Morgan get out of their comfort zone and talk farming. Where does your food come from? Do you live in a food desert and if so what can you do about it? Well Jenise Carr has some great answers to those questions and much more on this episode of the SITUP Podcast! https://www.tampaunderground.com/wellspring http://www.sweetwater-organic.org/the-farm/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/situppodcast/message

Join host Leroy Barber and producer Andru Morgan for part 2 of the SITUP Podcast series on innovation. On this episode the SITUP team sits down with Keisha Polonio an amazing innovator working with the Tampa Underground. Keisha is the Associate Director and Coaching Director for the Tampa Underground Network. As a certified leadership coach, she invests in the lives of leaders who have kingdom dreams. She provides them with the tools necessary to accomplish their goals within their ministries and their personal lives. For the past ten years, she has committed herself to coaching and continues to serve anyone who longs to do the thing God has called them too. http://www.createdwomen.com https://www.tampaunderground.com https://www.ugcoach.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/situppodcast/message

Join host Leroy Barber and producer Andru Morgan for the next few episodes as they take a visit to the Tampa Underground Network. This series of interviews will spotlight innovative men and women who are creating micro-churches and empowering those who are called to plant churches with the visions God has given them. The Tampa Underground truly is a place to find innovative ideas, a deep diverse leadership community, and fearless pursuit of Jesus and His cause. First up Lucas Pulley the Director of the Tampa Underground Network. Lucas describes the Underground as a place that exist to inspire, engage, connect and empower missional people, churches and networks. https://www.tampaunderground.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/situppodcast/message

Join host Leroy Barber and Producer Andru Morgan as they hit Facebook Live to talk the NFL's Rooney Rule. This discussion was stimulated when Dallas sports anchor Dale Hansen called out the NFL for quickly filling the majority of its head coaching positions with under qualified white candidates. This raised a lot of questions for Leroy and the SITUP Podcast crew that they explore on this episode. Adopted in 2003, the Rooney Rule is an NFL policy requiring every team with a head coaching vacancy to interview at least one or more diverse candidates. In 2009, the Rooney Rule was expanded to include general manager jobs and equivalent front office positions. The Rooney Rule is named after the late former Pittsburgh Steelers owner and chairman of the league's diversity committee, Dan Rooney. As of December of 2018 the enhancements to strengthen the Rooney Rule include: 1. Clubs must interview at least one diverse candidate from the Career Development Advisory Panel list or a diverse candidate not currently employed by the club; 2. Clubs must continue best practice recommendation of considering multiple diverse candidates; 3. Clubs must maintain complete records and furnish to the league upon Commissioner's request; and 4. If final decision-maker is involved in the beginning, he/she must be involved through the conclusion of the process. For more info on the data behind the Rooney rule check out The Undefeated's story: https://theundefeated.com/features/nfl-hires-in-the-rooney-rule-era/ For more on Dale Hansen and his take: https://sports.yahoo.com/dallas-sports-anchor-slams-covert-racism-nfl-ownership-kliff-kingsbury-hire-005533256.html And for more SITUP Podcast check us out @: https://www.facebook.com/situppodcast/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/situppodcast/message

On this episode of The S.I.T.U.P. Podcast, host Leroy Barber presents the question why do black people have to carry the burden of always having to be nice. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/situppodcast/message

Meet Donna and Leroy Barber, Founders of The Voices Project, which is Influencing culture through training and promoting leaders of color. Leroy Barber has dedicated more than 25 years to eradicating poverty, confronting homelessness, restoring local neighborhoods, and healing racism. Donna has served as an educator, trainer and coach for urban youth and urban youth program leaders for more than 25 years. This couple is committed to living what Dr. King called “the beloved community." In this episode, we learn from this incredible couple on raising children, how to handle conflict with your spouse, and being married to an endless idea person. Welcome to the Love or Work Podcast, hosted by Andre Shinabarger (Physician Assistant, Grady Hospital) and Jeff Shinabarger (Social Entrepreneur and Founder of Plywood People). They are asking the question: Is it possible to change the world, stay in love and raise a healthy family? 100 interviews where Jeff and Andre learn from other working families in the journey of marriage, purpose and parenting. Website: loveorwork.com Instagram: www.instagram.com/loveorwork Learn more about The Voices Project: https://www.voices-project.org/ Love or Work is a project of Plywood People. Plywood is a non-profit in Atlanta leading a community of start-ups doing good. www.plywoodpeople.com

Leroy Barber visits Christ Church with a word on healing the blind man on the sabbath reminding us that the sabbath is crucial, but life and miracles and work happens beyond the sabbath. #churchbeyondsundays

Is racial bias a real thing? We talk about the recent episode where two black men are arrested at Starbucks for waiting to buy their drinks until a friend showed up. We also interview Leroy Barber, a racial justice activist and author, about how we can respond to racial bias. In this episode: Cover Your Gray spray Sseko caftans Ohm’s Fit and Fierce over 40 yoga program Plackers Orthopick Flosser for braces The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson My First White Friend by Patricia Rabon Joining an affinity group to talk about racism Be the Bridge to Racial Unity facebook group We also talk about LOLA, a female-founded company offering a line of organic cotton tampons, pads, and liners. They have a monthly subscription which is fully customizable –  you can choose your mix of products, your perfect mix of absorbency, your number of boxes, and frequency of delivery. They have a great offer for our listeners . . . for 40% off your first order, visit mylola.com and enter the promo code SELFIE when you subscribe! Leroy Barber is an author, pastor, and community leader who has dedicated more than 20 years to eradicating poverty, confronting homelessness, restoring local neighborhoods, and healing racism. He is the author of Everyday Missions: How Ordinary People Can Change the World, Red, Yellow, Black and White: Who’s More Precious In His Sight? and recently released, Embrace: God’s Radical Shalom for a Divided World.  Leroy serves as executive director of The Voices Project, an organization committed to supporting and developing leaders of color. Photo by Patrick Fore on Unsplash Podcast (selfie): Play in new window | Download Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | RSS

Tony and Shane talk with Leroy Barber, a leader of Christian movements all across the U.S.

Listen to Leroy Barber talk about the man born blind, the disruptive healing of Jesus and the people who think they are in charge of the movement of God. 

In a world full of injustice, how are we called to live? Guest preacher Leroy Barber talks about the spirituality of protest, one of the lost traditions of our faith. [Exodus 1:8-22]

11/19/2017

Gentrification: It's a topic often misunderstood, and maybe even a bit controversial. We speak with Leroy Barber, one of the few experts on gentrification. Leroy has dedicated nearly thirty years to eradicating poverty, confronting homelessness, restoring local neighborhoods, healing racism, and living what Dr. King called “the beloved community.” He is currently writing his fifth book entitled, The Injustice of Gentrification: Memories of Home, which is the topic of his conversation with Lindsy Wallace. Kayla Craig and Kristi James join Lindsy for a post-interview conversation as well.Support the show (http://www.patreon.com/upsidedownpodcast)

*Originally Posted at MissioAlliance.org Our sponsor: Compassion International If you like Seminary Dropout, be sure to check out OnRamp. This Week on Seminary Dropout… Leroy Barber has dedicated more than twenty-five years to eradicating poverty, confronting homelessness, restoring local neighborhoods, healing racism and living what Dr. King called “the beloved community.” He is the author of New Neighbor and Everyday […]

Leroy Barber has dedicated more than 25 years to eradicating poverty, confronting homelessness, restoring local neighborhoods, healing racism, and living what Dr. King called “the beloved community.” In 1989, burdened by the plight of Philadelphia’s homeless population, he and his wife Donna founded Restoration Ministries, a non-profit created to serve homeless families and children living on the streets. In 1994 he became Director of the Internship Program at Cornerstone Christian Academy. Licensed and ordained at Mt Zion Baptist Church, he served as Youth Director with Donna, and as the Associate Minister of Evangelism. In 1997, he joined FCS Urban Ministries in Atlanta, GA and worked with the Atlanta Youth Project as the founding Executive Director of Atlanta Youth Academies, a private elementary school providing quality Christian education for low-income families in the inner city. He went on to plant and pastor Community Life Church, a missional congregation in southeast Atlanta, and served as the Atlanta City Director for Mission Year, a national year-long urban ministry program focused on service and discipleship. In 2007 Leroy became President of Mission Year and led the organization until 2013. He also served as Co-Executive Director of FCS Urban Ministries from 2009 to 2013 and as Global Executive Director of Word Made Flesh from 2013 to 2015. Leroy is currently the Executive Director of The Voices Project and Holla Mentors, organizations committed to supporting and developing leaders of color. He serves on the boards of the Christian Community Development Association (CCDA), The Simple Way and EEN, the Evangelical Environmental Network. He is the author of Embrace: God's Radical Shalom for a Divided World, Everyday Missions: How Ordinary People Can Change the World (IVP), Red, Brown, Yellow, Black, White: Who’s More Precious in God’s Sight?(Jericho). He was also a contributor to Tending to Eden, and the groundbreaking book UnChristian: What a New Generation Thinks about Christianity and Why It Matters. Leroy has been married to Donna for the past 31 years and together they have five children – Jessica, Joshua, Joel, Asha Joy and Jonathan. Please consider contributing to HopeMob! Enjoy the podcast. Music on today's episode was by Matt Moberg (Bravery Songs)

April 2nd, 2017  As our series on Lent continues, we approach Jesus' final steps to His death. This week, Leroy Barber preaches from Luke 22 & 23. 

If You Can't Love Everyone, You Can't Love God. That includes refugees, the unborn, and criminals on death row. In this episode, Bruderhof members Norann Voll, Peter Mommsen, and Bernard Hibbs talk about how to apply a consistent ethic of life. They also discuss the importance of disconnecting from the noise of news and politics, and exchange strategies for remaining centered. Here are some of the links and references from this episode: -Leroy Barber writes about his recent experience protesting the death penalty outside the Supreme Court and getting arrested for it: http://bit.ly/2k8AkB2 -4.1 Miles is a documentary short film about a coast guard captain on a small Greek island who is suddenly charged with saving thousands of refugees from drowning at sea. It was nominated for a 2017 Academy Award: http://nyti.ms/2juLwWu -Norann read part of the "Letter to Diognetus" which can be found in "The Early Christians In Their Own Words" (ed. Eberhard Arnold). Free download available here: http://bit.ly/2l3b27x -Bernard reflected on a visit to Little Gate Farm, a charity that exists to support adults and children with Learning Disabilities: http://littlegatecarefarm.co.uk/ -Peter referred to "Celebration of Discipline" by Richard Foster (http://amzn.to/2aQ3d3w) and "Destroyer of the Gods: Early Christian Distinctiveness in the Roman World" by Larry W. Hurtado (http://amzn.to/2kp9ULo) Rate us and leave us a comment on Itunes or wherever you get your podcasts. Check out the Bruderhof's website at www.bruderhof.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/thebruderhof Facebook: facebook.com/TheBruderhof Instagram: www.instagram.com/bruderhofcommunities Contact: contact@bruderhof.com

Guest speaker, Leroy Barber, uses the story of the Canaanite woman as an example of how God uses the oppressed and lowest of lows and he discusses what we can learn from that.

Guest speaker, Leroy Barber, talks about how we are called together at the foot of the cross as the body of Christ.

Rick McKinley, Michelle Lang and Leroy Barber process this crisis moment in our nation and the voices of frustration, anger and fear that are echoing in our homes, cities and the media in the wake of the 2016 US election. This honest conversation is meant to provide an opportunity for Imago Dei to walk through this moment together as a faith community in Portland.

This episode originally aired October 12, 2016. Leroy Barber (@LeroyBarber) has a story. One that takes him from “not being chosen,” to giving voices to those who are leading a movement. The man who was once an evangelist is now an activist fighting for racial equality, environmental issues, and the dignity of the marginalized. --- The New Activist is a joint production of The RELEVANT Podcast Network and International Justice Mission. This episode is presented by IJM. Take 20 seconds, fill out this form, and ask your elected officials to fully fund critical legislation. Thank you! T: @newactivistis + FB: newactivistis

Leroy Barber is the author of Embrace: God’s Radical Shalom for a Divided World and numerous other books. He is Co-founder of The Voices Project, which brings together influential African American leaders for important conversations about the current challenges and triumphs of the Black community. He is the Director of Hope Mob, the world’s first platform dedicated to resourcing leaders and communities of color. He resides in Portland, Oregon and serves as Chaplain and Kiln’s College in Bend, Oregon. In this episode of the RePlacing Church Podcast, he joins me to discuss: Why the story of Israel’s exile in Babylon is so important for our world today and what it says to the marginalized and privileged (6:20) How to embrace the call to difficult places and neighborhoods (18:56) How long you have to listen in a new place before you can contribute (20:59) The one practice white neighborhoods and churches can engage in to begin to combat systemic racism (27:25) Why he ended Embrace with a chapter on Black Lives Matter (31:44) What he thinks about athletes using their platform for social activism (34:36) The one thing he would replace in the church (39:34) *Originally posted at theV3movement.org *Get your free RePlacing Church Resource List, a guide to being and becoming church in the neighborhood. *Support Amy Williams, certified gang specialist, through Hope Mob as she reimagines success in Chicago’s Humboldt Park Neighborhood. SUBSCRIBE, RATE, and REVIEW The RePlacing Church Podcast on iTunes, or listen on Stitcher, Google Play, or Podbean. Sign up for RePlacing Church updates at www.replacingchurch.org. Like on Facebook, Follow on Instagram. Episode Song Credits: “Another Wrong to Right” by Mercir. “Closed” by Zadok Wartes. Used with Permission.

Leroy shares about inviting God into some of our most difficult situations.

Leroy shares about inviting God into some of our most difficult situations.

On this week's episode of the The Calling, Barber joins CT managing editor Richard Clark to talk about his entrepreneurial calling, the weirdness of Portland, and how the church can be a voice for the marginalized in the public square. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Leroy Barber discusses taking the helm of HopeMob and how plans to use the revamped nonprofit to serve communities of color.

March 20th, 2016  We are the living stones God uses to build His house. What does it mean to be "a living stone"? How is the Spirit encouraging us to live into that calling? Leroy Barber continues the series on the book of 1 Peter. Scripture reference: 1 Peter 2:4-10

Leroy Barber has dedicated more than 25 years to eradicating poverty, confronting homelessness, restoring local neighborhoods, healing racism, and living what Dr. King called “the beloved community.” He is the Co-Founder and Director of the Voices Project and College Pastor at Kilns College. Rev. Barber is on the boards of The Simple Way, Missio Alliance, The Evangelical Environmental Network (EEN), and the Christian Community Development Association (CCDA). He is author of New Neighbor: An Invitation to Join Beloved Community and Everyday Missions: How Ordinary People Can Change the World. He was a contributor to Tending to Eden and the groundbreaking book UnChristian. His third book was just released this spring, Red, Brown, Yellow, Black and White: Who's More Precious in God's Sight? A call for diversity in Christian missions and ministry.

Most cities in the U.S. are experiencing a wave of re-urbanization. From high-rise condos to boutique groceries, it’s everywhere. What was old is becoming new. So why is that a bad thing? It ain’t necessarily, author, pastor and activist Leroy Barber explains this week. But the way we do it, he says, needs a major… Read more about Leroy Barber on Why Gentrification Sucks (Plus Paris and Pastafarians)

Safe Enough to Love is a series of sermons from the book of 1 John. This sermon was presented by Pastor Leroy Barber on November 22nd, 2015.

Safe Enough to Love is a series of sermons from the book of 1 John. This sermon was presented by Pastor Leroy Barber on November 8th, 2015.

Leroy Barber has dedicated more than 25 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 1989, burdened by the plight of Philadelphia’s homeless, he and his wife Donna founded Restoration Ministries, to serve homeless families and children living on the streets.... Read more » The post 56: Leroy Barber appeared first on Sermonsmith.

We often tend to look and read the scriptures through our own lens. In this teaching Leroy Barber looks at Matthew 15 and how we can learn from the outsider.

Leroy Barber, Global Executive Director of Word Made Flesh, an international organization that works among the most vulnerable of the world's poor, speaks on learning to love each other the way Christ would have us love.

Our dear friend, brother, mentor and guest Pastor, 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 1989, burdened by the plight of Philadelphia’s homeless, he and his wife Donna founded Restoration Ministries, to serve homeless families and children living on the streets. In 1994 he became Director of Internship Programs at Cornerstone Christian Academy. Leroy was licensed and ordained at Mt Zion Baptist Church where he served as Youth Director with Donna, and also served as Associate Minister of Evangelism. In 1997, he joined FCS Urban Ministries, working with Atlanta Youth Project to serve as the founding Executive Director of Atlanta Youth Academies, a private elementary school providing quality Christian education for low-income families in the inner city. Leroy also helped found DOOR Atlanta and Community Grounds Coffee shop in Atlanta. Leroy is currently the Global Executive Director of Word Made Flesh, an international organization that works among the most vulnerable of the world's poor. Rev. Barber is on the boards of Mission Year and the Christian Community Development Association (CCDA). He is the author of New Neighbor: An Invitation to Join Beloved Community, and Everyday Missions: How Ordinary People Can Change the World and was also chosen as a contributor to Tending to Eden, and the groundbreaking book UnChristian: What a New Generation Thinks About Christianity and Why It Matters. His third book, Red, Yellow, Black and White: Who’s More Precious In His Sight?, will be published this fall. Leroy has been married to Donna for the past 28 years and together they have three adult children - Jessica, Joshua, and Joel, and two adopted children - Asha and Jonathan.

Leroy Barber speaks to Chapel students about finding their calling in who they are.

Chapel 12-13

Leroy Barber, President of Mission Year, shares how our ordinary offerings can change the world.

In this Exponential 2011 workshop, Leroy Barber discusses urban missional communities. The world is moving to the city, and gentrification is the new norm. Where are the poor going and what is the implication for the church? What does the new paradigm for a neighboring ministry look like?

In this missional track workshop from the Exponential 2011 Conference, Leroy Barber looks at the local church as a neighbor. How can we be the presence of Christ in a way that meets the practical and spiritual needs of the community?

President of Mission Year