THE AUTHOR
Jesus’ Economy is authored by John D. Barry, a nonprofit founder, chaplain, and Bible scholar. Barry is the editor of Faithlife Study Bible and Lexham Bible Dictionary, used by over one million people, and the former editor of Bible Study Magazine. Jesus’ Economy draws on John’s unique experience in biblical studies, business, the developing world, and pastoring in church plants and homeless shelters.
REV. JOHN D. BARRY
FOUNDER, CHAPLAIN, BIBLE SCHOLAR
Rev. John D. Barry is a nonprofit founder, chaplain, and Bible scholar. After a career in Christian publishing and Bible software, John and his wife, Kalene, sold their house and nearly everything they owned to dedicate their lives to spreading the gospel and empowering the impoverished. Together, they founded and led Jesus’ Economy, an innovative nonprofit that created jobs and churches in the developing world from 2012–2020. Today, John’s time is dedicated to chaplaincy.
As CEO and President of Jesus’ Economy, John led efforts to fund community development in an extremely impoverished region of Northeast India, where few had heard the name of Jesus. Grants from Jesus’ Economy empowered women through business training and the gift of sewing machines; provided thousands with access to the gospel through indigenous church planting; and gave thousands access to clean water. In addition, Jesus’ Economy sustained hundreds of developing world jobs through an online Fair Trade Shop.
John and Kalene also served as missionaries with Resurrect Church Movement, the domestic division of Jesus’ Economy that equipped U.S. churches to effectively alleviate poverty and bring people to Jesus. In a primarily unchurched area of the U.S., John has served as: missional pastor for an established church; founder of an outreach and pastoral care ministry; president of a church plant; and in chapel and executive leadership for a large homeless shelter.
John is the general editor of the highly-acclaimed Faithlife Study Bible and Lexham Bible Dictionary, which are used by over one million people, and the author or editor of thirty books, including the popular daily devotional Connect the Testaments. John formerly served as founding publisher of Lexham Press, an imprint of Faithlife Corporation / Logos Bible Software, and as the editor-in-chief of Bible Study Magazine, a product he launched. Jesus’ Economy is the culmination of this wide range of experience and based on John’s expertise in biblical theology.