THE PRESIDENT-DEAN'S BIOGRAPHY
THE REVEREND DR. WALTER L. KIMBROUGH
For more than 50 years The Reverend Walter L. Kimbrough's ministry has been characterized by evangelism, pastoral care, teaching, preaching, and community service. He has provided leadership at all levels of the United Methodist Church in both Northern Illinois and North Georgia. After having successfully led Chicago congregations through racial transition, in 1974 he was appointed to the Cascade Church in Atlanta where his expertise was needed. He moved Cascade from a dying congregation of less than 100 members to a vibrant one of more than 7000 members. He retired from this pastorate in 2006, but was called out of retirement in 2012 to rebuild Columbia Dr. United Methodist Church in Decatur, Georgia. He successfully accomplished that and retired again in 2014.
In 2017 Dr. Kimbrough was again called out of retirement to serve as Interim President-Dean of Gammon Theological Seminary in Atlanta, Georgia, and he is currently serving in that capacity.
Dr. Kimbrough has been active with many boards and agencies of the United Methodist Church, and has served as a delegate to World Methodist Conferences, General Conferences, and Jurisdictional Conferences.
With regard to community affairs, Dr. Kimbrough has served on the Board of Directors of United Way of Metropolitan Atlanta and MARTA, the Board of the American Red Cross (Atlanta Chapter), and the Trustee Board of Reinhardt College. For three years he chaired the Church Committee of the United Negro College Fund Telethon and was appointed by the governor to the State Housing Trust Fund for the Homeless Commission. Additionally, he is a Life Member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.
Dr. Kimbrough is the recipient of numerous honors and awards, some of which include two Denman Awards for Excellence in Evangelism and three Honorary Doctorate degrees. He was also one of the Community Heroes whose face appeared on the Coca Cola Centennial Olympic Wall. He has been appointed to the Board of Preachers and Laity at Morehouse College, and his portrait appears in the Morehouse Chapel Hall.
Dr. Kimbrough is a native Atlantan having received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Morris Brown College and his Master of Divinity degree from the Interdenominational Theological Center. His address, "Reclaiming Our Mission to the City", appears in the book, The World Forever Our Parish, and he is the author of the book, Nothing Is Impossible. He was a contributor to the books, 365 Meditations for Men and 365 Meditations for Families.
He is married to Marjorie L. Kimbrough, author and educator. They are the parents of two adult sons, Walter, President of Dillard University, and Wayne, Watershed Management Inspector for the City of Atlanta. They are the grandparents of Lydia Nicole and Benjamin Barack Kimbrough.
For more than 50 years The Reverend Walter L. Kimbrough's ministry has been characterized by evangelism, pastoral care, teaching, preaching, and community service. He has provided leadership at all levels of the United Methodist Church in both Northern Illinois and North Georgia. After having successfully led Chicago congregations through racial transition, in 1974 he was appointed to the Cascade Church in Atlanta where his expertise was needed. He moved Cascade from a dying congregation of less than 100 members to a vibrant one of more than 7000 members. He retired from this pastorate in 2006, but was called out of retirement in 2012 to rebuild Columbia Dr. United Methodist Church in Decatur, Georgia. He successfully accomplished that and retired again in 2014.
In 2017 Dr. Kimbrough was again called out of retirement to serve as Interim President-Dean of Gammon Theological Seminary in Atlanta, Georgia, and he is currently serving in that capacity.
Dr. Kimbrough has been active with many boards and agencies of the United Methodist Church, and has served as a delegate to World Methodist Conferences, General Conferences, and Jurisdictional Conferences.
With regard to community affairs, Dr. Kimbrough has served on the Board of Directors of United Way of Metropolitan Atlanta and MARTA, the Board of the American Red Cross (Atlanta Chapter), and the Trustee Board of Reinhardt College. For three years he chaired the Church Committee of the United Negro College Fund Telethon and was appointed by the governor to the State Housing Trust Fund for the Homeless Commission. Additionally, he is a Life Member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.
Dr. Kimbrough is the recipient of numerous honors and awards, some of which include two Denman Awards for Excellence in Evangelism and three Honorary Doctorate degrees. He was also one of the Community Heroes whose face appeared on the Coca Cola Centennial Olympic Wall. He has been appointed to the Board of Preachers and Laity at Morehouse College, and his portrait appears in the Morehouse Chapel Hall.
Dr. Kimbrough is a native Atlantan having received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Morris Brown College and his Master of Divinity degree from the Interdenominational Theological Center. His address, "Reclaiming Our Mission to the City", appears in the book, The World Forever Our Parish, and he is the author of the book, Nothing Is Impossible. He was a contributor to the books, 365 Meditations for Men and 365 Meditations for Families.
He is married to Marjorie L. Kimbrough, author and educator. They are the parents of two adult sons, Walter, President of Dillard University, and Wayne, Watershed Management Inspector for the City of Atlanta. They are the grandparents of Lydia Nicole and Benjamin Barack Kimbrough.
