Reverend Lobb was born in Chilliwack, B.C., Canada, raised in Rosedale B.C., and graduated from Chilliwack High School. He attended and graduated from Aurora University, Aurora, Illinois, with degrees in English Literature, History and Theology. Additional graduate work was done at California State University at Los Angeles; The School of Theology in Claremont, California; Hebrew Union College in Jerusalem, Israel; and McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago, where Rev. Lobb received his Doctor of Ministry degree. In May 2000, he was awarded the honorary Doctor of Divinity Degree from Piedmont College, Demorest, Georgia.

Dr. Lobb taught high school in California and coached basketball and track. For two years he was Assistant General Manager of the Pomona, California, Chamber of Commerce. He has been Pastor of the Bonita Avenue Church in La Verne, California; Assistant and Senior Minister at Pilgrim Congregational Church in Pomona, California; Senior Minister at First Congregational Church, Salt Lake City, Utah; Co-minister of North Shore Congregational Church in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; and Senior Minister of Timothy Eaton Memorial Church in Toronto, Ontario Canada from 1987 to 1997.

Dr. Lobb has served on many community and denominational boards, including the Youth Commission, the Executive Committee, and the World Christian Relations Commission of the National Association of Congregational Christian Churches. He was a member of the Board of Directors of Good Samaritan Medical Center, Milwaukee, former Dean of the National Associations, Ministers’ Convocation and former Moderator of the Wisconsin Congregational Association. In 1979, he was the recipient of the National Association of Congregational Christian Churches Outstanding Sermon Award.

In Pomona, Dr. Lobb was a member and past President of the Ministerial Association, Secretary to the Board of LeRoy Boys Home, on the Board of the Y.M.C.A., a member of the Pomona Economic Development Corporation Board and Executive Committee, a member of the Pomona Rotary Club and a board member of the Institute of Religion and Wholeness at the School of Theology in Claremont.

At Timothy Eaton Memorial Church, Dr. Lobb coordinated the work of a large staff in a metropolitan area church. For ten months of the year, he was the primary preacher at the weekly services. Each Sunday the 11:00 a.m. service was broadcast live over the radio.

In Toronto, Dr. Lobb served on a host of church and community groups. He is active in ecumenical activities, Jewish-Christian ventures and the Toronto East Rotary Club who honored him by presenting him with the Paul Harris award in 1997.

In 1997, Dr. Lobb was appointed as the Executive Secretary of the National Association of Congregational Christian Churches whose national office is in Oak Creek, Wisconsin. Besides coordinating the work of the national staff, Dr. Lobb travels extensively visiting churches and associations and participating in ecumenical activities.

Dr. and Mrs. Lobb (Christine) live in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, have three daughters and four grandchildren all of whom live in California and Washington.