Barry Cooper (author)

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Barry Cooper is a British pastor and writer. Cooper is currently an Associate Teaching Pastor at Christ Community Church, Daytona.

Cooper is the producer, writer and presenter of the Simply Put podcast, co-writer and presenter of the Luther: In Real Time podcast, and co-producer/presenter of Cooper & Cary Have Words. Luther: In Real Time received the National Religious Broadcasters' Best Original Podcast Award for 2023.^[1]

Cooper has worked on a variety of documentaries, including Luther, Puritan, The Church, and the unpublished mini-series Missionary. The series will explore the lives of William Tyndale, James Hudson Taylor, Amy Carmichael, William Carey, Adoniram Judson, and John Paton.

Alongside Rico Tice, Cooper created Christianity Explored, a Christian teaching course. He began working on Christianity Explored in 1998, co-founding Christianity Explored Ministries in 2001. Barry is the writer and presenter of the Discipleship Explored film series, co-writer and co-presenter of the Life Explored film series, and co-writer and co-director of the Christianity Explored film series.

Cooper has authored and co-authored several books including One Life, If You Could Ask God One Question and Can I Really Trust The Bible? He’s also contributed to Christianity Today, Desiring God, The Gospel Coalition, 9Marks, and ExploreGod.

Born in Epsom, Surrey, Cooper received a master's degree in English language and literature from St Catherine’s College, Oxford. Cooper later received a master's degree in Christian studies from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Chicago.