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Tommy Barnett is an author, the senior pastor of Dream City Church (formerly Phoenix First Assembly of God) (an Assemblies of God megachurch in Phoenix, Arizona), and chancellor of Southeastern University. Phoenix First Assembly of God has branded itself as "the church with a heart" and claims to have over 275 active outreach ministries.
Tommy Barnett began his ministry at age sixteen. Before moving to Phoenix First, Barnett pastored Westside Assembly of God in Davenport, Iowa. In just a few years, the church grew from 76 people to more than 4,000 members. In 1979, he became the pastor of Phoenix First Assembly. The church has grown under his leadership over the past three decades. As of 2011, it was the second largest Assembly of God church in the U.S. with an average Sunday attendance of 10,000.
Tommy Barnett and his son Matthew co-pastor the Los Angeles Dream Center, a Pentecostal Christian Church mission in the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California.
Barnett is on the Board of Directors of Joyce Meyer Ministries and has authored several books, including Multiplication, Hidden Power, Enlarge Your Circle of Love, Reaching Your Dreams, The Power of a Half Hour, and Your Great Adventure.
He is married to his wife Marja and lives in Phoenix, Arizona. He has three children: Matthew, Luke, and Kristie, all of whom have also taken prominent leadership roles in the Assembly of God church.