Shevalle Turner Kimber, a native of New Haven, CT, is a product of the New Haven public school system. After graduation, she attended the Amore Institute of Hair Design. Kimber was a successful licensed cosmetologist for over 25 years before being forced into early retirement due to a wrist injury. Rev. Kimber is a Connecticut State Missionary Baptist Convention Christian Leadership School graduate and holds a Biblical Studies diploma. She is a proud graduate of American Baptist College of Nashville, TN, where she graduated Summa Cum Laude and received a BA in Bible and Theology. She was also inducted into the Delta Epsilon Chi, The Association for Biblical Higher Education Honor Society. Additionally, Rev. Kimber graduated from Yale Divinity School, where she earned a Master of Divinity. Shevalle is forever mindful of 2 Timothy 2:15 (KJV), "Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needed not be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth." Rev. Kimber answered her call to the ministry of preaching and teaching on April 25, 2016, and preached her initial Sermon on July 3, 2017, entitled, Don't Be Scared, Let the Lord Use You. She was ordained on July 1, 2018. Shevalle is married to Rev. Dr. Boise Kimber, Senior Pastor of the First Calvary Baptist Church in New Haven, CT, where she has served side by side in leadership for the past 17 years. She is the proud mother of Ronald, Shevalle, and Savion and is happy to be the grandmother of Sean, Tristan, and London. >
