Kenneth Lorne Cober

Born: July 12, 1902, Day­ton, Ohio.

The son of mis­sion­ar­ies, Co­ber grew up in Puer­to Ri­co. He at­tend­ed Buck­nell Un­i­ver­si­ty and Col­gate Ro­ches­ter Di­vin­i­ty School, and was pastor of the First Bap­tist Church, Can­an­dai­gua, New York; and the La­fay­ette Av­e­nue Bap­tist Church, Buf­fa­lo, New York. He served the Amer­i­can Bap­tist state con­ven­tions in New York, Rhode Is­land and Con­nec­ti­cut, and was ex­ec­u­tive di­rect­or of the Di­vi­sion of Chris­tian Ed­u­ca­tion for the Amer­i­can Bap­tist Con­ven­tion (1953-70). He re­tired to Pen­ney Farms, Flor­i­da. His works in­clude:

The Church’s Teach­ing Min­is­try, 1964
Hymnbook for Chris­tian Wor­ship, 1970 (com­mit­tee mem­ber)

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