No. 61 in America · Week of November 9, 2026
Co-president, Freedom From Religion Foundation
Dan Barker is a former evangelical preacher who became co-president of the Freedom From Religion Foundation.
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Score breakdown
Nine parts, measured fresh each week. This is where Dan Barker's points came from, and the evidence behind each one.
Debate record
A preacher turned atheist who debates Christian apologists, including Dinesh D'Souza several times and Trent Horn twice.
Barker spent 19 years as an evangelical preacher and composer before leaving Christianity in 1984.
He leads the Freedom From Religion Foundation with his wife, Annie Laurie Gaylor, and co-founded The Clergy Project.
On the record
2014
February 12, 2014
Formal debate
Against Trent Horn · Public debate
Barker argued against God's existence opposite the Catholic Answers apologist, the first of their two debates.
2011
March 2011
Formal debate
Against Dinesh D'Souza · UC San Diego
About a thousand people packed the ballroom. KPBS's reviewer thought D'Souza the more persuasive; a Barker supporter judged the opposite.
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