Rev. Johnny L. Barber, II
is God’s visionary for Mount Sinai Missionary Baptist Church, affectionately known as “The Mount,” located in Miami, Florida. Serving as pastor since 2002, God has consistently blessed this union of church and pastor. The ministry has experienced growth numerically, spiritually, as well as financially. Pastor Barber was born in Miami, Florida, to Johnny L. Barber, Sr. and the late Mary R. Taylor. He has three lovely children, Morgan Fay Barber, Maegan Alice Barber, and Kiersten Savannah Barber. He is a graduate of Miami Central High School. Pastor Barber holds a Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology from American InterContinental University, Plantation FL, as well as a Master’s Degree in Theology from Barry University, Miami Shores, FL.
Rev. Barber began his ministerial journey in 1996 at the New Shiloh M.B. Church in Miami under the leadership of the late Rev. Arthur Jackson, Jr. He later was appointed as Youth Pastor and was ordained in 1998.
Pastor Barber has experienced the highs and the lows of life yet through it all God has had His hand upon him. During his service to God Rev. Barber has achieved many triumphs, awards, and recognitions. Rev. Barber, as a brother of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., has served as the Chaplain for the Miami Alumni Chapter.
Rev. Johnny L. Barber, II
Senior Pastor/Teacher
He has also served as the financial secretary for the Baptist Minister’s Council of Miami Dade and Vicinity, along with several other local and state religious and community boards. He has worked within the Florida East Coast Baptist Association as Assistant to the Moderator (the late Moderator Rev. Dr. Arthur Jackson, Jr.), Teacher/Tutor Southern Division Ministers and Deacon Union Youth Division, Second Vice President of the Florida East Coast Baptist Association’s Congress of Christian Education, Corresponding Secretary of the Florida East Coast Baptist Church, and Coordinator of the Licentiate Workshop for the Southern Division Minister’s and Deacon's Union, President of the Southern Division Minister's and Deacon's Union of the Florida East Coast Baptist Association. In February 2011 Pastor Barber was elected as the youngest Moderator of the Florida East Coast Baptist Association (the largest black Baptist Association of churches in the state of Florida and the third largest in the Nation).
