Leadership

MEET OUR PASTOR

Pastor Craig Burford 

September 2019 brought a new pastor, Pastor Craig Burford, to Wells Baptist Church.  Although born and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada, and involved in mostly  sports and music, Pastor Craig spent summers on the family farm in Kansas.   

He holds an Associate of Arts degree from Truckee Meadows Community College in Reno, Nevada and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.  After some time with the  Nevada Highway Patrol he moved to Elko in 2012 to be a parole officer in the Juvenile Justice System. 

Accepting the Lord as his personal Savior in 2014, he was baptized in January 2015, and began serving in whatever way possible in Elko area churches, including Calvary Baptist Church.  We thank the Lord for providing a man enthralled with the God of Scripture and who has a heart for His people.  

      But we request of you, brethren, that you appreciate those who diligently labor among you, and have charge over you in the Lord and give you instruction, and that you esteem them very highly in love because of their work. Live in peace with one another .  .  .  pray without ceasing;
1 Thessalonians 5:12-13, 17