PENTECOSTAL PREACHER BUSY FOLLOWING GOD'S MESSAGE TO `GO SEEK SOULS'

A member of the Pentecostal Churches of the Apostolic Faith Inc., she was ordained in October 1964. In 1965, she purchased land along the Jordan River near Indiana Avenue, held church services in a garage there for a time, and in 1967 built a church there.

She became a member of the board of the California and Western States Council of the denomination, served on several area committees and in 1967 she hosted the church's National Mid-Winter Bishop Board Meeting.

Since then, she has ministered in several major cities throughout the country, including meetings in Memphis, Nashville, Cleveland, Detroit, Denver, Los Angeles and Indianapolis.

She said the Pentecostal church she grew up in did not teach that Jesus is the son of God, "but only that God is everything. I believe that Jesus is God's son and I believe in a literal translation of the Bible. That is what I teach and preach."

In 1982, The Rev. Cosby purchased Faith Temple No. 1 on Richards Street and established a private school in the former church building on Indiana Ave. From 1978 to 1982, she and her husband operated The Southern Plantation Restaurant in Salt Lake City where, she said, "We served the best soul food in the world and featured gospel entertainment, called The Southern Comfort."

She closed the restaurant in order to have time to return to Indiana and open another church there, Faith Temple No. 2, and begin her radio ministry.

Honored by the governor of Utah, the mayor of Salt Lake City, President Reagan, senators and others, she was awarded an honorary doctorate of divinity degree in 1985 by Trinity Hall College and Seminary.

"God has guided my footsteps and provided help whenever I needed it," she said. "When he told me, years ago, to `Go seek souls,' I believed him and have followed his direction ever since."