Rick's Background

Rev. Rick Barlow is ordained clergy of American Baptist Churches USA (ABC-USA).

Rick served as a Servant Leader at Seattle's historic Mount Zion Baptist Church, during 1994-present. In 2001, the American Baptist Foundation commissioned him as a planned giving representative particularly because of his servitude in over four hundred and fifty congregations throughout the Northwest and California. In 2010, he founded the Barnabas Exchange Planned Giving and Resource Development firm. In 2013, Rev. Barlow re-joined the American Baptist Foundation staff as a Development Consultant.

Prior to his post with American Baptist Foundation, Rev. Barlow was in the financial services industry as a licensed multi-line independent insurance agent and managed over seven hundred and fifty clients.

He continues at Mount Zion as a Servant Leader, while filling pulpit-supply requests throughout the Evergreen Region.