Jack Barden joined Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary on September 1 as director of admissions. Barden previously served as pastor of First Church of Fulton, Mo.
Barden received a BA in religion from the University of the South in Sewanee, Tenn.; an M.div. from Austin Seminary; and a D.min. in preaching from McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago.
He is a native Texan and author of ‘Postle Jack Tales (Kiwe Publishing, 2004), set in the Appalachians of Kentucky and Tennessee, where he lived for twelve years. ‘Postle Jack Tales was awarded the Angell Award by the Presbyterian Writers’ Guild for Best First Published Work of 2004.
He has been involved in campus ministries in the Synod of Living Waters and the Synod of Mid-America. He has also been a member of “Lectio Jubilate,” a lectionary-based colleague group, since 2001.
