UPDATED SCHEDULE - JULY thru SEPTEMBER, 2017

This is our updated and current schedule as of now.  If this changes we will post any notifications.  Thank you very much to all who pray for us in our travels!  We appreciate it more than you will ever know.

JULY

2-7...
Liberty Baptist Church
Moraine, Ohio
Pastor Tom Gresham

9-14...
Amazing Grace Baptist Church
Columbus, Ohio
Pastor Jobe Beechler

16...
Faith Baptist Church
Springville, New York
Pastor Kevin Friedman

23-27...
New Life Baptist Church
Dover Foxcroft, Maine
Pastor David Ireland

30...
Bible Baptist Church
Orono, Maine
Pastor Artie Dean



AUGUST

13-18...
Shady Acres Baptist Church
Houston, Texas
Pastor Danny Farley

20-25...
Old Time Baptist Church
Hamburg, New York
Pastor Lou Guadagno

27...
Center Road Baptist Church
West Seneca, New York
Pastor Ed Darling



SEPTEMBER

10...
Lighthouse Baptist Church
Concord, California
Pastor James Cook

17-20...
Central Baptist Church
Lanett, Alabama
Pastor Jeff Thorn

24-28...
Buck Settlement Baptist Church
Bath, New York
Pastor Greg Ferguson

*Updated July 7, 2017

A MONTH IN NEW YORK

It is good to be on the road in the bus!  What makes it such a blessing is that means Stacie, Jack and Jase are with me.  We left home in Indiana the Friday before Memorial Day and headed to Holland, New York where I preached at Hunters Creek Bible Baptist Church (Pastor Willie O'Dell).  It worked out good on the timing because God answered a big prayer by finding my mother a new location to live.  We were able to get her moved in a couple of days to a far better place than she was at.

After the moving was all done we headed north to be at Lighthouse Baptist Church in North Tonawanda (Pastor Dave Costantino).  The Lord allowed me to preach in all three services and I believe we had a good day in church and definitely enjoyed the fellowship with these good folks.  The following Wednesday I preached for my good friend Jim Donath at Evangelical Baptist Church in Buffalo.  It was good to see Bro. Donath and his wife again.

We also stopped in to visit at Old Time Baptist Church in Hamburg and enjoyed catching up with the old home crowd!  I wasn't able to talk to everybody but it was a blessing to be in the service.

Starting on Father's Day, as we have every year since we have been on the road, we were at Cornerstone Bible Baptist Church in Sanborn (located ten miles east of Niagara Falls).  Pastor Jack Britt and I go back probably more than 25 years and we always have a great time during this meeting.

For some reason some of the pictures from New York have vanished into a cyber trash can somewhere and so I am missing pics of our first three stops (insert sad face icon here).  Below are some pics from the meeting at Cornerstone.  I am planning to post a picture gallery later.  At the end of June we headed to Ohio and that update will be coming shortly.

Great congregational singing!

Special music by Pastor Jim Donath and a group from Evangelical Baptist Church in Buffalo

The Seminole String Band - Bro. Mick Norton and his family

The "makeshift" tabernacle for the week

Evangelist Dan Martin preaching

MAY thru AUGUST 2017 Schedule

MAY

3-7...

First Bible Baptist Church

Quispamsis, New Brunswick

Pastor Bob Conrad

14...

Blessed Hope Baptist Church

Aberdeen, Maryland

Pastor Brad Hanks

17, 21, 24...
First Mount Pleasant Baptist Church
Franklin, Indiana
Pastor Kent Kirchmeyer

28am...

Hunters Creek Baptist Church

Holland, New York

Pastor Willie O'Dell

JUNE

4...

Lighthouse Baptist Church

North Tonawanda, New York

Pastor David Costantino

18-23...

Cornerstone Bible Baptist Church

Sanborn, New York

Pastor Jack Britt



JULY

2-7...
Liberty Baptist Church
Moraine, Ohio
Pastor Tom Gresham

9-14...
Amazing Grace Baptist Church
Columbus, Ohio
Pastor Jobe Beechler

23-27...
New Life Baptist Church
Dover Foxcroft, Maine
Pastor David Ireland

30...
Bible Baptist Church
Orono, Maine
Pastor Artie Dean



AUGUST

13-18...
Shady Acres Baptist Church
Houston, Texas
Pastor Danny Farley

20-25...
Old Time Baptist Church
Hamburg, New York
Pastor Lou Guadagno

*Updated May 23, 2017

May 2017 Prayer Letter

May, 2017

Dear Friends,

Greetings in the Master’s Holy Name!  I want to bring you all up to speed on what is going on with the Cobb’s.  As always we sincerely thank each and every one of you that prays for us.  We never take this lightly and are humbled that anyone would take the time to lift us up in prayer, no matter how often or intense it may be.

Since our last letter the Lord has kept me very busy and I am eternally grateful.  The meeting in Germany was unbelievable and it was a blessing to be able to go.  I am making plans to go back in 2018.  I have been to Maine, New Brunswick, Maryland and to  Nova Scotia (twice) as well as preach several times at our home church here in Indiana.  The Lord has really given us some good meetings—and I don’t say that “evangelistically speaking” or mean it to be just something that sounds good in a prayer letter.  God really helped some people and churches in big ways and we also saw a few souls trust Christ.  God is good! 

The last few days have been very busy getting the bus ready to hit the road.  At the writing of this letter, we will be leaving in two days to our next meetings which will be in New York.  I am excited that for the next five months Stacie and I will be together.  I will still have the occasional meeting to fly to, but for the most part we will be together. 

Our schedule thru the summer will take us to New York for a month, Ohio for a couple weeks, Maine for three weeks, Texas and then back to New York.  For more detailed dates and locations you can check out our website at www.EvangelistCraigCobb.com.  If you would like—you can sign up on the website to receive email updates when we post something.

I also want to thank you all for praying for my pastor—Kent Kirchmeyer—and his recovery from major back surgery.  He is doing well but has many months of adjusting ahead of him.  I appreciate people who have asked how he is doing.

May God bless you all as you continue to serve the King!

In His service,

Craig A. Cobb

Isaiah 61:1

APRIL - JUNE 2017 SCHEDULE

Next Saturday, April 8th I will hop on another plane and head out to the great state of Maine!  I've been home for about a week and a half and have enjoyed spending time with Stacie and Jack and Jase.  I also have had the privilege of preaching at our church a couple of times.  

Below you will find our updated schedule thru June.  I am thankful that the Lord has filled a couple of spots on the schedule while I am up in Maine.  There are still a couple open and we will see what the Lord will do.

We greatly appreciate all of you who pray for us.  We sure do need to be praying for each other!

APRIL

12...

Second Baptist Church

Palermo, Maine

Pastor Joshua Barnes

16-21...

New Life Baptist Church

Dover Foxcroft, Maine

Pastor David Ireland

23...

Sebec Corner Baptist Church

Sebec, Maine

Pastor Isaiah Hill

26-30...

Bible Believers Baptist Church

Digby, Nova Scotia

Pastor Mark Thren

MAY

3-7...

First Bible Baptist Church

Quispamsis, New Brunswick

Pastor Bob Conrad

14...

Blessed Hope Baptist Church

Aberdeen, Maryland

Pastor Brad Hanks

28am...

Hunters Creek Baptist Church

Holland, New York

Pastor Willie O'Dell

JUNE

4...

Lighthouse Baptist Church

North Tonawanda, New York

Pastor David Costantino

18-23...

Cornerstone Bible Baptist Church

Sanborn, New York

Pastor Jack Britt

*Updated March 30, 2017

PRAYER LETTER - July 15, 2016

July 15, 2016

Dear Co-labourers in the Lord,

Greetings in our Saviour’s precious Name!  It is our prayer that you are doing well and staying busy in these uncertain last days.  As the old hymn says…“we’ll soon be done with troubles and trials”.  We are doing well and are thankful for all of your prayers.

Since our last letter, I have been in the following churches…

   *Tabernacle Baptist Church—Lake City, Florida

   *Faith Baptist Church—Springville, New York

   *Blessed Hope Baptist Church—Aberdeen, Maryland

   *New Life Baptist Church—Dover Foxcroft, Maine

   *River Valley Baptist Church—Woodstock, New Brunswick

   *Second Baptist Church—Palermo, Maine

   *Seal Cover Baptist Church—Mount Desert Island, Maine

   *Sebec Corner Baptist Church—Sebec, Maine

   *Bible Baptist Church—Digby, Nova Scotia

   *First Mount Pleasant Baptist Church—Franklin, Indiana

   *Cornerstone Bible Baptist Church—Sanborn, New York

   *Evangelical Baptist Church—Buffalo, New York

   *Liberty Baptist Church—Moraine, Ohio

I also spent three weeks in March up in Maine at New Life Baptist Church filling in for Pastor David Ireland as he was going thru some serious health issues.  He is since doing much better and we praise the Lord for it.  God has given us some very good meetings and some folks expressed that they got some help.  We have seen some cancellations this year for various reasons and it looks like three meetings that have been taking place yearly are no more.  I do not make phone calls to book meetings so we continue to just pray and trust the Lord to fill the calendar as He sees fit according to His will.  If and when you pray for the Cobbs, as well as other evangelists you may know, please lift up our schedules before the Lord.

Next week I head back up to Maine then on to Texas, New York and Pennsylvania and will get back home the first of September.  Please continue to pray for safety and that the Lord would use us however He chooses.

One other special matter I would also humbly ask you to keep in prayer is for the Lord’s will regarding a couple of trips in February and March of 2017.  I have the opportunity to go to Germany for a special meeting and then to Jordan on a missions trip.  Both are very exciting opportunities to serve and try to be a help to God’s people.

In His service,

Bro. Craig 

MARCH thru JUNE 2016 UPDATED SCHEDULE

MARCH - JUNE 2016 SCHEDULE...

MARCH

3-20

New Life Baptist Church

Dover Foxcroft, Maine

Pastor David Ireland

23
First Mount Pleasant Baptist Church
Franklin, Indiana
Pastor Kent Kirchmeyer



APRIL

10-13
Blessed Hope Baptist Church
Aberdeen, Maryland
Pastor Brad Hanks

16-22
New Life Baptist Church
Dover Foxcroft, Maine
Pastor David Ireland

23-24
River Valley Baptist Church
Woodstock, New Brunswick Canada
Pastor Andy Nissley



MAY

1
Seal Cove Baptist Church
Mount Desert Island, Maine
Pastor Chuck Barnes

29 - June 1
Bible Believers Baptist Church
Digby, Nova Scotia
Pastor Mark Thren



JUNE

May 29 - June 1
Bible Believers Baptist Church
Digby, Nova Scotia
Pastor Mark Thren

5-8

First Mount Pleasant Baptist Church

Franklin, Indiana

Pastor Kent Kirchmeyer

19-21

Cornerstone Bible Baptist Church

Sanborn, New York

Pastor Jack Britt

22

Evangelical Baptist Church

Buffalo, New York

Pastor Jim Donath

26 - July 1

Liberty Baptist Church

Miamisburg, Ohio

Pastor Tom Gresham

Updated: 3/28/16

October 2015 Update - Part Two

CALVARY BIBLE BAPTIST CHURCH - Elbridge, New York...

It was our privilege for the third year in a row to be back at Calvary Bible Baptist Church in Elbrdige - a little town about 20 miles west of Syracuse.  Pastor George Burkinshaw started this church over 35 years ago and has been faithful all these years.  On top of the struggles of pastoring the church - he is the sole care provider for his dear wife who is in the final stages of dimentia.  I admire him for being so determined to stick it out as long as he is able.  The devil has fought him very hard over the last couple of years in ways that are hard to believe but he has definitely stayed with the stuff.  Because of some circumstances we mutually agreed to just have a Sunday and Wednesday meeting instead of a multi-day revival.  Stacie and I enjoyed some good fellowship with the preacher and some of his people.  Many thanks to Pastor Dave Dunbar in Auburn for allowing us to park the bus there for the week.  It was our prayer to try and be an encouragement to this church.

Calvary Bible Baptist Church - Elbridge, New York

Evangelist Craig Cobb and Pastor George Burkinshaw

GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH - Newark, Ohio...

This was our first time being at this church located about 45 miles east of Columbus.  Troy Kahler served as the church's associate pastor for 14 years in the past.  The church called him to be the pastor back in January of this year.  Evangelist Gary Lutrick and myself preached for Bro. Kahler while he was in New York prior to this and it was a blessing for us both to be here for a meeting.  The church spent much time in prayer in the weeks leading up to the meeting with old fashioned "cottage prayer meetings" the week before.  Their efforts in prayer really were blessed as we had a GREAT meeting.  This was the first time this church had a meeting with two preachers in the same week.  Bro. Kahler reported to us all week about how his folks were telling him during how the Lord was working in their lives.  He also said people who he had never seen at the altar were there multiple times during the week.  I believe it is safe to say that this was really a REVIVAL meeting.  We are already looking forward to being back next October.

Grace Baptist Church - Newark, Ohio

Grace Baptist Church - Newark, Ohio

Pastor Troy Kahler - Grace Baptist Church - Newark, Ohio

The "Buckeye Bluegrass Gospel Boys" (and girl!) -
from Amazing Grace Baptist Church in Columbus, Ohio

Andrew (a young man traveling with Bro. Lutrick), Evangelist Gary Lutrick,
Pastor Troy Kahler and Evangelist Craig Cobb

THE MAINE THING...

It is hard to believe that our time in Maine is almost over. We have been here for four weeks and the Lord has let us be in four churches:

*New Life Baptist Church in Dover Foxcroft (Pastor David Ireland)

*Seal Cove Baptist Church in Mount Desert (Pastor Chuck Barnes)

*Bible Baptist Church in Bangor (Pastor Artie Dean)

*Cornerstone Bible Baptist Church in Prospect (Pastor Ray Hedgpath)

The Lord sure did give us some great services and sweet fellowship with His people. We have come to really love these folks in the 13 years we have been coming to Maine. They are in our hearts and we are blessed that they have also loved on us. 

Tomorrow morning the bus and car will be pulling out and heading to Hamburg, New York for the annual camp meeting at Old Time Baotist Church (Pastor Lou Guadagno). We are looking forward to seeing the folks there again as well as many of our friends from around the country. A couple of young men from New Life will be following us on the trip and Pastor Ireland and his wife are driving there separately. 

Photos from New York & Ohio - June 2015 (Part 2)

Here is the second installment for the June pictures...

Cornerstone Bible Baptist Church - Sanborn, New York

The Norton Family - also known as The Seminole String Band

Pastor Jim Donath

Pastor Willie O'Dell

Evangelist Bob Straughan

The Niagara Falls Air Reserve base is nearby and so many nights
of the week the tabernacle gets fly-by's. God bless America!

The Norton's "around town" vehicle!

The Seminole String Band sure were a blessing during the meeting

Bro. Dan - our annual "you take a picture of me taking a picture
of you" traditional photo! I should get his copy!

Bro. Bill Cox leading the singing

The "open air" tabernacle 

Evangelist Dan Martin

Evangelist Thaddeus Kuntz

Evangelist Mick Norton

Pastor & Mrs. Jim Donath singing

Pastor Jack Britt - Cornerstone Bible Baptist Church - Sanborn, New York

Jeremiah Britt

Liberty Baptist Church - Miamisburg, Ohio

Pastor Tom Gresham - Liberty Baptist Church - Miamisburg, Ohio

Frank Wright and his son, Eric, singing a special

Pastor Rick Drummond - Lebanon Baptist Temple - Lebanon, Ohio

Evangelist Rick Bell

Evangelist David Gabbard

Evangelist Stan Rogers

Evangelist Ralph Easterling

Mrs. Gresham and her daughters singing a special

Evangelist Jack Patterson

The Rogers Family singing

FAITH BAPTIST CHURCH - Springville, New York

On Sunday, February 22nd it was our privilege to be at one of our supporting churches - Faith Baptist Church in Springville, New York.  Pastor Kevin Friedman started this church 11 years ago and the people here are so kind and gracious and we always have a great time when we visit.  I preached in both the morning and evening services.  After the morning service we enjoyed a delicious meal at the preacher's house. 

A couple of families from New Hope Baptist Church came out for the evening service as they do not have a PM service in the winter time and it was good to see the Seilers and the Strattons.  It was just an all around good day in church and fellowship with God's people.

Please pray for this work in Springville - about 25 miles south of Buffalo.  Bro. Friedman is a good man with a good, hard-working family and church and they really have a burden to reach their area with the gospel of Christ.

I thought I snapped a couple of pictures so I could post them but I either erased them or never took them in the first place (no comments necessary!).