[edfrank_1998]

I'll do my part.

His church is a 501(c)(03).

found via: http://www.guidestar.org

FIRST CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH
605 Dixwell Ave
New Haven, CT 06511


EIN: 06-1173497
This organization is not required to file an annual return with the IRS because it is a church. It is a 501(c)(03) public charity.

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No ego issues with him.

found at: http://www.yaledailynews.com/article.asp?AID=16257

SNIP

"When I came to this town there was a lot of skepticism about the clergy because of what Boise does," said another community leader who also did not want to be named. "He makes it tough to operate with integrity."

Yet Kimber does not plan on letting his detractors slow him down.

"I want to be a kingmaker," Kimber said. "I want to put the right people in office."

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Hmmm. Isn't that goal a conflict for a 501(c)(03)...political "kingmaker," that is? Might want to alert the IRS if any sort of connection is there. Sure hate to see him lose that tax-free status.

[Choose Ye This Day]

Listen to what this "Reverend" Kimber does at the voting polls, every election. He goes up to minority voters and lies and threatens them:

"You're going to vote Democrat, right? You got to vote Democrat," he said. "The Republican are trying to take away your social security checks."

[philetus]

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.