He left his first church in New Haven, Pitts Chapel Unified Free Will Baptist Church, amid controversy,
I wonder what the controversy was?
before founding First Calvary Baptist Church. In 1998, he resigned from his position at the Livable City Initiative, the city's anti-blight agency, after an investigation revealed there were no records of what work he was being paid for.
In 1996, Kimber was convicted of stealing nearly $4,000 in burial expenses from an elderly New Haven woman while he was managing a funeral home for the owner, who was in prison at the time. Kimber, who is black, was convicted by an all-white jury, and the mayor and police chief served as character witnesses at his trial. He was fined and ordered to pay restitution, as well as serve 2,500 hours of community service.
Despite his controversial exploits, Kimber remains respected by city leaders.
Birds mof a feather.
of a feather.
it had to have been a short trial. Was this the same New Haven police chief that used to hold pizza parties with the gang bangers and their thug mothers?