Rev. Liddy Barlow
Executive Minister of Christian Associates, Southwest Pennsylvania
2023
The Rev. Liddy Barlow has served as Executive Minister of Christian Associates of Southwest Pennsylvania since 2014. For over 50 years, Christian Associates has convened the diverse Christians of Greater Pittsburgh to build relationships, serve the common good, and build bridges with interfaith partners. Rev. Barlow coordinates all of Christian Associates’ projects and programs, including the Council of Bishops & Executives, the “We Have to Talk” network of interfaith spiritual leaders, and the “Sofa Spirituality” online interfaith dialogues. Rev. Barlow is the Chair of the City of Pittsburgh’s Commission on Human Relations and the Assistant Moderator of the Penn West Conference of the United Church of Christ. In 2019, the General Synod of the United Church of Christ honored her with the Antoinette Brown Award, presented to trailblazing women in ministry. Rev. Barlow grew up in New Hampshire and attended Mount Holyoke College and Andover Newton Theological School. She lives in Pittsburgh’s East Liberty neighborhood with her husband Gregory and their two children, Pippa and Edmund.
The effort to eradicate hate requires the active participation of every component of our society, to include governments, the private sector, communities of faith and indeed every aspect of civil society. There is no more urgent task in front of us. The organizers of the Eradicate Hate Global Summit are doing the United States and the world an enormous service by tackling hatred and extremism with a focus on honest dialogue and conversation, genuine learning and practical solutions. This will not happen overnight, but the Pittsburgh community’s leadership in this effort is genuinely inspiring and motivating.
