Bernie Hargis

Bernie Hargis has been a Travis member since 1982. He and Barby began serving at Travis by teaching a year-old Mission Friends class in 1983 but promoted two years later to a young adults Sunday Morning Bible Study class, which they still teach. Bernie served as a Deacon for 19 years before joining the staff as head of communications and, eventually, associate pastor of church administration. He retired in 2016 and has resumed his deacon service.

Bernie is from Warren, Arkansas and came to know Jesus as Lord and Savior at age 16 after struggling over the difference between church involvement and a real relationship with Christ. He studied journalism at Ouachita Baptist University in Arkansas and earned a master’s degree in film from Northwestern University in Chicago. After school, Bernie moved to Fort Worth to join the Southern Baptist Radio and TV Commission. He worked there as a producer for 30 years. That’s also where he met a co-worker, Kay Leitch, who introduced him both to Travis and her sister, Barby. Bernie and Barby raised one daughter in Travis.