Pastor Charles Kimbrough

Born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Pastor Charles G. Kimbrough accepted the Lord Jesus Christ at the age of fourteen and attended Glory Baptist Church until December 1979, when he left to serve in the United States Air Force. While stationed at Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana he accepted his call into ministry and was licensed in June 1982, growing under the mentorship of several pastors while serving in music ministry. After returning from Osan Air Base in Korea in 1988 he joined St.

Stephen's Baptist Church, where he taught Bible study. In 1991 he began nearly six years with the Bexar County Sheriff's Office. In 1996 he met Karliss Kimbrough, and they married on December 6, 1997. In 2004 he began assisting his wife in prison ministry, and out of that work Grace House of Refuge Outreach Ministries was born, followed in 2007 by Grace House of Refuge Church, where he serves as Pastor and Teacher under her apostolic covering.

He is a musician, teacher, intercessor and mentor, and serves as an Engagement Center Director with the Bexar County Community Supervision and Corrections Department. He holds a bachelor's degree in occupational education from Wayland Baptist University.