Welcome to Barnabas International!

Providing pastoral care to global servants and their families

Welcome to the Barnabas International Website. Barnabas is about encouragement, and I hope that you will be encouraged each time you visit our site. We have made it our goal to provide you with images, articles, resources and information that build you up in the Lord and help you to stand strong and serve Him well.

Barnabas International exists to edify, encourage, enrich and strengthen servants in ministry. We creatively seek ways to fulfill our charter through a variety of ministry models. We are pastoral care providers, shepherding the hearts and souls of God’s people. Our ministry priorities are targeted toward global servants, pastors, national church leaders, and their families. We are committed to providing encouragement to God's global servants through:

• Going: We travel to the fields of service to provide an "on sight" ministry of presence.
• Listening: We ask questions, taking time to listen to the servant's story.
• Speaking: We minister the Word of God through preaching and teaching as pastoral care providers.
• Giving: We believe that encouragement is fundamentally a gift of grace.

We are pleased to announce a new resource book called “Tender Care”. Tender Care was written for those who sense the prompting of God to encourage the spiritual growth and care of God’s scattered kingdom servants. There may be some relevant application of these truths to caring for any kingdom laborer whether scattered or settled at home. But our specific goal was to address the unique concerns of those living in and engaged in cross-cultural ministry situations.

Our intended audience moves beyond the growing number of specialists who are called “Pastors to Missionaries” to include all who care for missionaries, whether they live at home or abroad, whether ordained or lay, or whether for them pastoral care is a primary or secondary task. The common denominator that brings us together is a desire to care for the hearts and souls of those who live out the Great Commission cross-culturally.

A special thanks to our “Seabrook Seven” for bringing this book to completion. I trust you will take advantage of this helpful resource as you care for servants serving around the world. Please feel free to contact us if we can answer any questions or if you would like to give us feedback. We desire to serve you.

Perry Bradford
Executive Director