The Rev. Barbara Berry-Bailey, ELCA
The Rev. Barbara Berry-Bailey, a fifth-generation Lutheran baptized into the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, was ordained into the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America in 1992. She completed her undergraduate studies at the University of Michigan, concentrating in radio, television and film, and enjoyed a career in public broadcasting (including National Public Radio in Washington, DC) for 17 years before entering the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia.
Prior to serving as Lutheran Pastor at St. Paul, she served as Intentional Interim Pastor at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church in Salt Lake City, Utah; Manager for Relationships in East and Southern Africa in ELCA Global Mission, while concurrently as Pastor of Faith Lutheran Church in Chicago. Other pastorates include historic Trinity Lutheran-Germantown in Philadelphia and Advent Lutheran Church in West Lawn, Pennsylvania.