When Barnabas was a child, his name was Joses - but later on he was given the name Barnabas because that name meant encourager. Barnabas was very good at encouraging people! He encouraged many believers to keep following Jesus.

You can read about Barnabus in the Bible in the book of Acts.

This book is part of a book series called Bible Wise .

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 2007 by Christian Focus Publications Ltd .

Carine Mackenzie wrote her first book, Gideon - Soldier of God, in the kitchen of her home in Inverness, Scotland. Carine now has over 50 different titles in print and sales of over 3 million books.