Meet Our Team

Blake Barbera, MTS

Adjunct Faculty

Department: Bible & Theology

Office Location: Online

Blake has been studying at LBC | Capital since 2022 and began teaching at the college in 2023. Before his time at LBC | Capital, Blake earned the MTS degree from Duke Divinity School with an emphasis in New Testament and Koine Greek studies.

Along with teaching at LBC, Blake serves as the director of a not-for-profit Bible teaching ministry called That You May Know Him. Blake writes regularly for the That You May Know Him blog and is the co-host/executive producer of the That You May Know Him Podcast. Previously, Blake served as an overseas missionary in southern India and has been serving in various pastoral roles in traditional house churches since 2016. Blake and his wife reside in Durham, NC, with their son.

Education:

PhD Student, Lancaster Bible College | Capital Seminary, Lancaster, PA
MTS, Duke University Divinity School, Durham, NC
BA, San Diego Christian College, Santee, CA

Courses Taught:

BTC 563 – Biblical Interpretation
BIB 203 – Life of Christ

Publications/Creative Works:

“Secularism, the Church, and the Way Forward | Discovering Church Renewal from Father Abraham: A Dialogue” with Dr. Richard Cox, Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2021

Verse:

“Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, saying, ‘The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he shall reign forever and ever’” Revelation 11:15