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Craig Martin Barnes (born May 5, 1949, in Oak Park, Illinois) minister, musician, accountant, and author receives international acclaim through Christian webcasting on internet radio under the name Glory Light Ministries. Listeners report that his sermons are being translated into various languages in Europe and Asia, as well as being heard in Australia, Africa, South America, and North America. He is the president of Glory Light Foundation, Inc. and Glory Light Ministries through which he operates his ministry, as well as internet radio, and assists other nonprofit organizations in their ministerial activities. He is the author of several books, including Feast Days for the Contemporary Mind.

Music
Educated in Illinois and Florida, he holds a B. S. in music education (vocal-choral emphasis) from the University of Illinois School of Music (1971), while studying flute with Donald Peck of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. He never became a professional musician, although he sang 3rd bass in the Nashville Symphony Chorus under Scott Withrow and Sandra Willetts (1980-1985) and also in various churches with the Jubilate Singers during the same time. He can be heard singing and playing the flute today on internet radio.

Accounting
He received a B. A. in accounting and finance from the University of South Florida School of Business (1976), graduating Phi Kappa Phi, Beta Alpha Psi, and was awarded the Ernst and Young Scholarship. He then became a Certified Public Accountant (1978) while working for the State of Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury (1976-1988) where he wrote the audit manual for the Department of Audit (1982), pioneered implementation of statistical sampling in audit procedures (1977), while also pioneering and coordinating the audits of all state-funded independent nonprofit organizations (1979-1986). While managing the computer audit department (1986-1988), he wrote a full service fund accounting computer program and then coordinated with the Tennessee Department of Human Services to develop a similar accounting program specifically designed for all the community action and human resource agencies in the State of Tennessee. He also had a private CPA practice (1985-1997) as well as a business in investments as a registered commodity trading advisor under the name FoxFire Fund (1988-1998). He has been listed in Who's Who in America, Who's Who in Finance and Industry, Who's Who in the South and Southeast, and Who's Who in the World for his work in government, auditing, accounting, and finance.

Ministry
He received formal pastoral training from evangelist Elder Ron Halvorson through the Seventh-day Adventist Church. He was ordained an elder in 1984. In 1997, he became the pastor of the Cave Springs Seventh-day Adventist Church, Chaplain of Cave Springs Home for the handicapped, and in 2011, the speaker of Cave Springs Ministries (in 2014, becoming Glory Light Ministries), which operates internet radio. Through his work with Glory Light Foundation, Inc. and Glory Light Ministries, he operates his own ministry, as well as internet radio, and is fielding requests to assist other nonprofit organizations around the world in their ministerial activities.

Radio
He operates eight internet radio stations, called "Masterly Mix", "Reflective Reverence", "Mostly Music", "Sacred Surprise", "Relaxed Reverence", "Sacred Songs", "Gospel Garden", and "Mostly Messages", in addition to "Glory Light Live", which is a ninth station reserved for live casting, each offering different mixtures of music and gospel messages. The music is set primarily in a classical/sacred format and is drawn primarily from the public domain. Other major contributors of music for the radio, having given specific permission, are Three Angels Broadcasting Network (3ABN), Adventist Heritage Ministry, James William "Billy" Burks, and Kurt Kaiser.

Personal Life
Craig Martin Barnes is married to the former Joyce "Joy" Marie Brainard (1971) and they have two children, Annette and Walter. His hobbies (when he has time) are miniature baseball and model railroading. While working for the State of Tennessee, he was the commissioner of two state mixed softball leagues, organizing the second one himself.

Books

 * Pillars of the Gospel (Teach Services, 2014)
 * Feast Days for the Contemporary Mind (Teach Services, 2014)
 * Small Ball: The Blessings of Miniature Baseball (Aspect Books, 2016)