Pastor Irvin Lynn Barrett

Servant Leader

Reverend Irvin L. Barrett has been married since 1994 to First Lady Nickquolette Barrett and has two beautiful children, Irvin II and Nadia. Reverend Barrett and his family reside in Allen, TX.

Faith-Based Community Service | Irvin Lynn Barrett for JP

Irvin Lynn Barrett has been married to Nickquolette since 1994. They have two children and reside in Allen, Texas.

Professional Background

Irvin Lynn Barrett has been a pastor for over 34 years and currently serves as senior pastor of Shalom Community Fellowship Church. When he is in service to his community he works as a Hospice Chaplain and a licensed insurance agent with over 20 years of experience. In his spare time, he also runs a small business specializing in fine custom clothing.

Irvin currently serves as senior pastor of Shalom Community Fellowship Church and works as a hospice chaplain and licensed insurance agent. He also runs a small business specializing in custom clothing.

2026 Texas General Election

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Legal Experience

Preventing Truancy:

Currently, the best way to prevent truancy is to install prevention measures beforehand. This means working tirelessly with teachers, and administrators across the ISDs to identify students who are at risk of becoming truant and intervene beforehand by ensuring they have the proper tools they need to succeed in school both in and out of the classroom.

Priorities | Irvin Barrett for Justice of the Peace

Community Driven Sentencing:

Once a student becomes truant, under the current system they are almost certainly tracked for juvenile incarceration. This provides no positive impact to the student or our community. My aim is to stop sending students to jail. Community-driven sentencing focuses on building a community to encourage the student, instill a sense of responsibility, and show them the power of an education that allows them to pursue their passions. The program would focus on requiring community service, additional tutoring in classes they underperform, and monthly check-ins with me and their support team.

Weekend Court:

People who work full time, have a caretaker obligation, or full-time students they should be allowed to meet for weekend court dates to accommodate their cases while also allowing them to complete their obligations. Implementing this will save our county tax dollars with efficiency and allow taxpayers to have a court that works around their schedule.

Zoom Court:

Over the pandemic, Texans continued to become innovative and independent. One of the key innovations we had is the use of virtual court hearings. These should be incorporated on a continual basis. This allows the court to be efficient, save tax dollars, and allow for courts to continue operating even during potential outbreaks of COVID.

Small claims disputes

Justice of the peace is one of the few courtrooms where parties often represent themselves. This means no lawyers, and no fancy legal expert to explain all the legal jargon. As a result, it should be the Justice of the Peace's job to educate, encourage, and help every resident who wants to participate in their local judicial system. This means treating everyone with respect in the courtroom, ensuring people are heard, and educating people on how to file their claims.

Advocates early truancy intervention with teachers and school administrators to identify at-risk students and help them succeed in and outside school.

Proposes community-driven truancy sentencing, including community service, tutoring, and monthly check-ins, to avoid sending students to jail.

Proposes weekend court dates for people with full-time work, caregiving obligations, or full-time studies.

Supports continuing virtual court hearings to improve court access and efficiency.

Believes justices should assist residents representing themselves by treating them respectfully, hearing them, and explaining how to file claims.

- Advocates early truancy intervention with teachers and school administrators to identify at-risk students and help them succeed in and outside school.
- Proposes community-driven truancy sentencing, including community service, tutoring, and monthly check-ins, to avoid sending students to jail.
- Proposes weekend court dates for people with full-time work, caregiving obligations, or full-time studies.
- Supports continuing virtual court hearings to improve court access and efficiency.
- Believes justices should assist residents representing themselves by treating them respectfully, hearing them, and explaining how to file claims.

Judicial Administration

Tenet and Property Management Disputes

It's critical that a Justice of the Peace understand the issues tenants' and property managers' perspectives. This allows the Justice to stop baseless evictions from corrupt property managers. At the same time understanding these issues allows a Justice to work with property managers to ensure accountability for tenant responsibilities. This level of fairness and accountability from both parties will create a great working partnership that the Justice can mediate between tenants and property managers.

Believes justices should consider tenants' and property managers' perspectives, prevent baseless evictions, and hold tenants accountable for their responsibilities.

- Believes justices should consider tenants' and property managers' perspectives, prevent baseless evictions, and hold tenants accountable for their responsibilities.

Judicial Philosophy

Ethics & Conduct

Outside of ministry, Reverend Barrett continues his life mission to serve others as a BISD Key Communicators at Lamar Early College Campus. Clergy in the Court for Kids with Child Protective Services, as Pastoral Liaison. He is a Beaumont Clergy Police Officer (Clergy and Policy Partnership) and devotional contributor for the Beaumont Police Association Newsletter. In his spare time, Reverend Barrett works with youth Recovery Communities and fosters Community Dialogue.

Serves as a pastoral liaison for Clergy in the Court for Kids with Child Protective Services.

Serves as a clergy police officer in Beaumont through the Clergy and Policy Partnership.

Contributes devotionals to the Beaumont Police Association Newsletter.

Serves as senior pastor of Shalom Community Fellowship Church.

- Serves as a pastoral liaison for Clergy in the Court for Kids with Child Protective Services.
- Serves as a clergy police officer in Beaumont through the Clergy and Policy Partnership.
- Contributes devotionals to the Beaumont Police Association Newsletter.
- Works with youth recovery communities.
- Serves as senior pastor of Shalom Community Fellowship Church.

Community Involvement

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Irvin Lynn Barrett

- Serves as senior pastor of Shalom Community Fellowship Church.

As a pastor with over 34 years of experience, Barrett also works as a Hospice Chaplain and a licensed insurance agent, bringing over 20 years of community service experience.

For Candidate Irvin Lynn Barrett on Issue judicial-administration:  
Aims to implement a court system that saves taxpayer dollars and accommodates public schedules for greater efficiency.

Supports the continual incorporation of virtual court hearings to enhance efficiency, save tax dollars, and maintain court operations during potential outbreaks.

Wants to implement a program that requires community service, additional tutoring for underperforming students, and monthly check-ins with their support team.

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- Justices of the Peace oversee Justice Courts, trial courts for civil cases up to $20,000, and misdemeanor cases punishable only by fine. They also perform marriages, issue warrants, conduct preliminary hearings, and serve as notaries.
- Texas has 835 Justice Courts, each presided over by a single judge. Every county has between one and eight precincts based on the county's population, each with its own Justice Court.
- Justices of the Peace are elected through partisan, precinct-wide election to four-year terms. 
- Candidates must be a U.S. citizen, at least 18 years old, have been a Texas resident for at least 12 consecutive months, a district resident for at least six consecutive months, and registered to vote in that precinct.
- The annual salary for Justices of the Peace ranges from $19,207 to $151,805 and is by the county's Commissioners Court.


Presides over civil cases and fine-only misdemeanor cases.