OUR FOUNDER
MIKE BARBER
After 20 plus years of playing football, with the last ten of those years playing at the very top (NFL) 1976-1985, I really didn’t think life could get any better. I had confidence of going right into coaching in the NFL which was my whole life (or so I thought).
A MESSAGE FROM MIKE:
Walking into a prison against my wishes, only doing it as a favor for a friend of mine, my whole world was turned upside down. My whole world was not just turned upside down, but it was changed forever. My love for football was no longer my hearts first passion. Prison became my first love, after Christ.
The last 6 years of my NFL career, I spent my off seasons going into as many prisons as I could possibly enter. Not once did the thought hit me that I would live the rest of my life going in and out of prisons sharing the Good News that Christ forgives and He forgets all of our past.
I've heard it said that Strength is for Serve’s…NOT for Status! Being blessed to play 6 years with the Oilers and 4 years with the Rams we’ve been able to use the relationships built over the years to take the Gospel to places it may never have been able to go before, Mike Barber Ministries is a 501c3 tax exempt ministry. I can truly say with all my heart that the NFL’s best can’t touch the joy and honor that I live in today. The last 30 years of walking into the worst of the worst to share the love of Christ has fulfilled me more than anything else.
Why Help Prisoners? Have the Tangible stats. Then the spiritual mandate from Matt 25:36 / Luke 4:18
• #1 Ranked QB in TX Jr & Sr Year
• All-State QB & Linebacker
• 31 Total TDs 1,489 Rushing Yards 2,329 Passing Yards
• All-American White Oak HS ( only all American in school history )
• 2x High School State Track Champ ( 120-yard hurdles & 440- yard relay)
• TX HS Football Hall Of Fame
• 2x All-American La Tech
• NFL 1976-1985 (Oilers, Rams)
• 2,788 Career Receiving Yards
• 17 TDS
Brandon and Kristen Barber
CEO
Brandon and Kristen are the CEO's of Mike Barber Ministries. Their vision is to bring hope to every person behind prison walls. The Barbers have been in full time ministry for 17 years.
Brandon & Kristen also serve as Pastors at Hope City Church in Houston, TX. They are the Community Pastors overseeing all outreach and missions. Brandon has a passion to help equip and strengthen the local church with outreach and prison ministry.
Staff Members
Brandon and Kristen Barber
CEO's of Mike Barber Ministries
Albert Goodwin
Prison Director
Avaristo and Anjelica Garcia
Prison Coordinators
Cynthia Ortiz
Ministry Administrator
Owen Gray
Media and Broadcast Director
Family Partners
Family partners are extensions of MBM who serve INSIDE Prisons with us!
Daniel Rice
Serves in Prisons in Hawaii and Arizona
Terry Solley
Field Minister Program
KCM
Kenneth Copeland Ministries
