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Bruce Barnes is a supporting character in the Left Behind series. He is the associate pastor of New Hope Village Church in Chicago. After being left behind following the Rapture, becomes one of the founding members of the Tribulation Force.

Biography[]

Before the Rapture[]

Bruce, like many others, was left behind at the Rapture. He claimed to be a believer, but never really received Christ as his Lord and Savior. His wife, who became a true believer, was raptured along with his children. After the vanishing of Senior Pastor Vernon Billings, Bruce Barnes took over as the pastor, distributing copies of the video the previous pastor had made for those who were left behind, and forming the Tribulation Force along with Rayford Steele, his daughter Chloe, and news reporter Buck Williams. He was also the mentor for four young teenagers that formed the Young Tribulation Force.

After the Rapture[]

In The Kids series, he adopted Vicki Byrne who lost her parents in the Rapture. He also adopted Janie McCanyon from Northside Detention Center, but she was sent back there when drugs were discovered in her locker at Nicolae Carpathia High School.

Right before World War III, Bruce officiated the dual weddings of both Rayford Steele and Amanda White and Buck and Chloe. He was poisoned during his worldwide evangelizing trip to set up underground churches and died in Chicago during the start of World War III. After the resurrection of the Tribulation martyrs, Bruce worked to spread the gospel message to the nations in the Millennial Kingdom period.

Appearances[]

Left Behind series

Left Behind: The Kids

Mentions[]

Left Behind: The Kids

In other media[]

Trivia[]

  • Bruce's funeral was the last time the four original members of the Young Tribulation Force would be together until the Glorious Appearing.
  • Bruce was the last member of the adult Tribulation Force to be seen in the Left Behind: The Kids series.
  • Bruce was the only original Tribulation Force member to do anything significant in the Left Behind: The Kids series.
  • Bruce was the first member of the Tribulation Force to die.
  • He is the only character who has appeared in all six Left Behind movies and although depicted in the graphic novel comics as white, all the five actors have been African American.

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