Bart Barber has served as the pastor of First Baptist Church in Farmersville, Texas, since 1999. He is married to Tracy (Brady) Barber. Bart has a B.A. from Baylor University in their University Scholars program, an M.Div. from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas, and a Ph.D. in Church History, also from Southwestern. At the SBC Annual Meeting in Anaheim, California, June 14-15, 2022, Bart was elected President of the Southern Baptist Convention.

Bart has served in various denominational capacities with the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention and the Southern Baptist Convention. Since 2006, he has been active online in blogging and social media. His wife, Tracy is very active in Southern Baptist Disaster Relief Child Care.