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Boise Kimber (born 1959) is an American Baptist minister of the First Calvary Baptist Churches in New Haven, CT and Hartford, CT. He has actively worked to address issues of housing development, police brutality and profiling, workers rights, felon’s rights, and a myriad of social issues affecting African Americans and all oppressed people in the city of New Haven and across the nation.

Background

Kimber started preaching when he was 15 years old in Phenix City, Alabama. He moved to New Haven in 1983 and became pastor of First Calvary Baptist Church in New Haven In 1986, having served four congregations prior.

Education

In 1981, he completed his undergraduate studies at Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte, North Carolina, his Master of Arts Degree in Religious Life from Hartford Seminary in Hartford, Connecticut in 1997, and in May 2001, he completed his Doctorate Degree in Ministry at United Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio. His approved dissertation title was “Developing a Social Justice Consciousness in a Local Congregation”.

Service to the Community

Dr. Kimber currently serves as president of the Connecticut State Missionary Baptist Convention, an alliance of approximately eighty churches. As president, he launched the Christian Leadership School, an accredited four-year Christian Education degree program. He currently serves as the Executive Secretary of the Board of Directors of the National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. In addition, Dr. Kimber serves as a staff member for the Institute of Church Administration and Management at the Interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta, Georgia.

Locally, Dr. Kimber is President Emeritus of the Greater New Haven Clergy Association, a Consultant to the office of Multicultural Affairs and the Multicultural Center at Southern Connecticut State University, a former Fire Commissioner for the City of New Haven, a Director for Aids Interfaith Network, Inc., an advisor to local labor unions, and a member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc. Nationally, he serves as a Director of the National Action Network, Inc., the Conference of National Black Churches, and as Executive Director of the Social Justice Initiative.

Recently, Dr. Kimber led a statewide interfaith prayer service for the victims of the Sandy Hook massacre, where the Rev Al Sharpton, civil rights activist and host of MSNBC’s PoliticsNation taped his show and served as the guest speaker.

Personal Life

Dr. Kimber is married to the former Shevalle Turner and is the father of Pamela, Danielle, LaShawn, Sherine, Ronald, Shevalle and Savion.

References

1. [http://www.ctbaptist.org/index.php?page=president-s-bio Connecticut State Missionary Baptist Convention
2. [http://old.jcsu.edu/docs/bulletin/JCSmithNewsletterSpring2002.pdf Johnson C. Smith University Newsletter
3. [http://www.nationalbaptist.com/about-us/board-of-directors.html National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. Board of Directors
4. [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/50247636/ns/msnbc-politicsnation/t/politicsnation-tuesday-december-th/#.UNzLgKyRZIs MSNBC Tuesday, December 18, 2012.

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