General Secretary Donna L. Barrett to Speak at LABI College Commencement

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Donna L. Barrett, general secretary of The General Council of the Assemblies of  God, Springfield, Missouri, will be our guest speaker at the LABI College Commencement on May 17th, 2025.

As general secretary of the Assemblies of God, U.S.A., part of the largest  Pentecostal denomination in the world, she is a member of the denomination’s  Executive Leadership Team and Executive Presbytery. Barrett stewards the  credentialing process of ministers, oversees the chartering of churches and the collection of official statistics. 

The denomination has nearly 13,000 congregations in the United States with  over three million adherents. The U.S. Assemblies of God is part of a larger World  Assemblies of God Fellowship with a membership of over 69 million. 

Prior to her election as general secretary, Barrett was a church planter, serving  as founder and lead pastor of Rockside Church (Assemblies of God) in Independence,  Ohio. Following seven years as a paralegal, Barrett became a credentialed minister in  1986. She served ten years as youth pastor at Highway Tabernacle Assembly of God in  Youngstown, Ohio, followed by seven years as associate pastor at Bethel Temple in  Parma, Ohio. While pastoring, she was elected by her peers to serve the Ohio Ministry  Network as an elected general presbyter and an executive presbyter for four years  each.

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