Rev. Rims Barber. Photo courtesy Judy Barber

Join us for this week’s installment of the current Wednesdays Together series: Faith with Works, featuring a conversation with Rev. Rims Barber, led by Rev. Joel Alvis.

When you go to work, or simply go about your daily business, do you leave your faith at home? “Faith with Works” will feature Fondren folks talking about the role of faith in their work lives.

Join us at 6:15 p.m. for dinner ($5/person) and stay for the talk at 7 p.m.

RSVP for dinner by contacting the church office at (601) 982-3232 or office@fondrenpcusa.org) or returning the form included in Sunday’s morning worship bulletin by Tuesday, October 25, at noon.

"...just as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is also dead." James 2:26

About The Reverend Rims Barber

The Rev. Barber came to Mississippi for Freedom Summer in 1964. That summer has become more than 50 years of advocacy and witness for equality and justice.  He received his BA degree from Coe College in 1958 and his Master of Divinity from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1962. He worked for the Delta Ministry (1965 to 1977) and for the Children's Defense Fund (1977 to 1989), and he currently works with community groups to enable the voices of the poor and oppressed to be heard through the Mississippi Human Services Agenda. Rev. Barber was awarded an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters by Tougaloo College in 1993. He is a constant presence during the Mississippi Legislature’s sessions as he advocates for the poor, oppressed, and marginalized in our communities. 

Rev. Barber served the Presbyterian Church U.S.A. as Moderator for Alexander Memorial Presbyterian Church in Kosciusko (1990-2012) and as a member of the National Hunger Council (1991-1995) and the Mary Holmes College Board of Trustees (1986–2003). He has served Fondren Presbyterian Church as Parish Associate since 1999.

Rev. Barber and his wife, Judy, live in Belhaven and have been married 41 years.  They have four children and four grandchildren.