About The Barnabas Institute

The Barnabas Institute is a nondenominational ministry of encouragement. Initially founded in the San Francisco Bay area, the Institute relocated to Santa Fe, NM in 2004. Barnabas, whose given name was Joseph and for whom the Institute was named, was a New Testament missionary who traveled with the apostle Paul and was a source of encouragement to everyone around him.

The Barnabas Institute's mission is to inspire people to live Christian lives, to encourage and support them as they grow closer to the Lord, and point to resources for living as Christ would have us live. Its Statement of Faith is below.

The staff of the Barnabas Institute consists of volunteers. Its Board of Directors includes Christian leaders from a variety of Christian churches and ministries, representing the many different ways that one can be Christian in Santa Fe. Revenue comes from foundation grants as well as donations by supporters and friends. The Institute neither seeks nor accepts government funds.

Visit our Get Involved page to volunteer or donate.

Programs

Practical help in living a Christian life is provided through the Barnabas Institute's Center for Christian Community, located at 3600 Cerrillos Road, Suite 712, Santa Fe, NM. The Center provides information about events and other news about the Christian Community in its newsletter, On the Way with Barnabas, as well as in the Santa Fe Local Information section of this Web site.

The Barnabas Institute also reaches out to the general public through articles in the press about its nationally recognized research, as well as through conferences and publications.

We believe in one God, Creator and Lord of the Universe, the co-eternal Trinity: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

We believe that Jesus Christ was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, lived a sinless life, died a substitutionary atoning death on the cross, rose bodily from the dead and ascended to heaven. There, as truly God and truly man, He sits at the right hand of God the Father, where He will serve as our advocate until His personal return in power and glory.