The Battle between Church and State: Fighting to Maintain Separation

Dan Barker is a former preacher of both Quaker and Assembly of God congregations. Barker received his degree in religion from Azusa Pacific University in 1970, and was ordained into the ministry shortly thereafter. After years as a preacher and a successful Christian music composer Barker began to question his faith and in 1984 announced that he had become an atheist. He is now a prominent atheist activist and the author of many books articles, including Maybe Yes, Maybe no: A Guide For Young Skeptics, Losing Faith in Faith: From Preacher to Atheist, and Godless: How an Evangelical Preacher Became One of America's Leading Atheists. Barker is now the co-president of the nationally known advocacy organization Freedom From Religion Foundation.