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Gerald Crabb is currently active in full-time ministry. From 2006 through 2025, he has served as an evangelist and has traveled more than 800,000 miles, fulfilling over 2,500 ministry appointments and witnessing more than 6,000 souls saved in his services.

Gerald Crabb was born in the small rural town of Rosine, Kentucky. As a young boy, he developed a deep passion for music. At age five, he sang publicly for the first time in a church in Louisville. By age eleven, he was playing the guitar, and by sixteen, he was already preaching. Over the years, God has blessed Gerald with a thriving ministry and a distinguished career in music as a singer, songwriter, publisher, and producer.

In 1994, Gerald founded the internationally known group The Crabb Family and led them into a whirlwind of success. During their tenure, the group claimed numerous number-one songs, prestigious awards, and opportunities to minister on major platforms across the nation and abroad.

Gerald has appeared on many notable stages and broadcasts, including Gaither videos, TBN, The 700 Club, INSP, CMT, and GAC. He has also performed at Carnegie Hall, The Grand Ole Opry, The Ryman Auditorium, Red Rocks in Colorado, and The Brooklyn Tabernacle.

Throughout his songwriting career, Gerald has written more than 500 songs, with 27 of them reaching the number-one position nationally. From January 1998 to December 2006, one or more of his songs held the number-one spot on the national southern gospel chart for 37 out of 107 consecutive months.

He has been honored with numerous songwriting awards over the years. In 2011, he received the Songwriter of the Year award at the 42nd Annual Dove Awards, along with Song of the Year for “Sometimes I Cry,” recorded by Jason Crabb. Gerald has received five additional Dove Awards and has earned several prestigious BMI Music Awards, including Songwriter of the Year and Publisher of the Year in 2002.