Wayne Barber is a well-known ministry speaker who organizes national and international conferences. Wayne considers the primary goal of his ministry to be the spreading of the message of the "sufficiency of Christ." People all over the world are united by Wayne's unique ability to bring God's Word to life through his honest and open "real life" experiences. Wayne is the author or co-author of several books, his latest being The Rest of Grace, published in 1998. He also writes a regular column in the monthly magazine The Preacher's Magazine published by AMG. For eighteen years, he served as the senior pastor-teacher at Woodland Park Baptist Church in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and for most of his time in Chattanooga, Wayne taught "Basics of the Ministry" alongside renowned author and speaker Kay Arthur, as well as studying under Dr. Spiros Zodhiates, one of the world's leading Greek scholars. Wayne and his wife, Diana, have two adult children and currently reside in Albuquerque.