History of Corban

The Corban band was birthed from a group of guys that wanted to use music to take the message of Jesus to others. It began in the year 2000, and the founding members had no idea how big this band would get! They began with a few members trying to take music to the small churches around them in the same city. It was difficult, as they had to get permission from their churches to miss a Sunday, or miss a weekday service. A couple of times they left without the blessing of the church and that created problems.

As they matured, and began doing evangelistic concerts, they realized that they were good and that this was a good way to get the gospel message out. God began creating in them a heart for missions. As they grew, some members left the band and others were added. 7 years ago the current members became the constant members of the band.

They made a commitment to go to the areas where other bands would not go. They wanted to go to small towns and villages and sing for Jesus. The possibilities opened up for them to go to a small city about 3 hours away, and that was amazing. They never realized that after 10 years they would have made it to 6 countries and done hundreds of concerts in English and Spanish. They have sung in front of 10,000 people in a stadium, and have sung to 5 people in a small home. One of their favorite experiences was when they went to a town of 600 people in Bramadora, Ecuador and 400 were at their concert.

Five of the band members are full time Christian workers, three  in Missions and two in Music Ministry. The missionary band members aspire to make it to the Muslim world as workers in the future. The band members are mostly from Peru, but also have members from Ecuador and Argentina.

You can find 3 of their 4 CD productions on Itunes, Amazon.com etc., as they have produced 4 albums in the last 5 years. Their music is a mix of latino music, salsa, worship music, covers and their own songs written from their own life experiences.

The band members are…

Elmer Zevallos – One of the founding members, he and his wife and child are in Ecuador as Missionaries and are planting a Church with the  Christian and Missionary Alliance. He is a guitarist, writes songs and helps with the sound system.

Percy Figueredo – One of the founding members, he is working 2 months at a time in small struggling churches to help raise up musicians and youth ministers. He has written some of the songs and is the bass player.

Jose Perez – One of the founding members, he is working in the music and youth ministries in his home church in Trujillo, Peru.. He has written some songs and is the drummer and runs the sequencing board. He also does the graphic design work for the web page and CD’s.

Daniel Alcantara – He is a youth pastor, and pastor of arts in his home church in Trujillo, Peru. He also writes songs and is the lead vocalist.

Daniel Ascencio – He is a student in the University in Trujillo, Peru. he is a songwriter and the lead guitarist.

Elisa Brown – Is a missionary with the C&MA in Ecuador and is a songwriter and the back up vocalist for the band. She and her husband Rich were the youth pastors of the band members in the 90s.

Rich Brown – Is a missionary with the C&MA in Ecuador and is the pastor of the band. He helps arrange the North American tours and provides the spiritual guidance for the band.

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