Tommy Barnett is an author, the co-pastor of Dream City Church, an Assemblies of God megachurch in Phoenix, and chancellor of Southeastern University.
Before moving to Phoenix, Barnett pastored Westside Assembly of God in Davenport, Iowa.
In 2011, Barnett turned over the senior pastor's post to his younger son, Luke; he remains as co-pastor.
Tommy Barnett and his son Matthew founded the Dream Center in 1994, as a home missions project of the Southern California District of the Assemblies of God.
He has three children: Matthew, Luke, and Kristie, all of whom have also taken prominent leadership roles in the Assembly of God church.