Kirbyjon H Caldwell is the former senior pastor of Windsor Village United Methodist Church, a 14,000-member megachurch at Windsor Village in Houston, Texas.
18 Facts About Kirbyjon Caldwell
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Kirbyjon Caldwell was a spiritual advisor to Presidents George W Bush and Barack Obama.
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On March 17,2020, Caldwell pleaded guilty to federal wire fraud charges in a $3.5 million bond scheme and was sentenced to six years in federal prison.
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Kirbyjon Caldwell's father was a tailor who made suits for James Brown, The Temptations and other celebrities.
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Kirbyjon Caldwell's family lived in the Kashmere Gardens neighborhood of Houston, and Caldwell graduated from Kashmere High School.
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Kirbyjon Caldwell worked briefly as an investment banker at First Boston in New York City before returning to Houston for a job at the bond firm of Hibbard, O'Conner and Weeks.
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Kirbyjon Caldwell felt called to Christian ministry, attending the Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University and receiving a master's in divinity in 1981.
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Kirbyjon Caldwell had been a member of the Continental Airlines board of directors since May 1999.
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Kirbyjon Caldwell retooled the Windsor Village United Methodist Church into a community help center.
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Kirbyjon Caldwell denies proselytizing, saying that he always prayed in the name of Jesus.
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Days after the September 11 attacks in 2001, Kirbyjon Caldwell was invited by President Bush to speak at the memorial at the Washington National Cathedral.
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Later that day, Kirbyjon Caldwell joined Bush on his visit to the World Trade Center site.
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Kirbyjon Caldwell's work at the Power Center was an inspiration for Bush's "faith based initiatives", and Kirbyjon Caldwell was influential in the creation of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives.
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Kirbyjon Caldwell endorsed Barack Obama in the 2008 Democratic primary, supporting him against John McCain in the presidential election.
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Kirbyjon Caldwell described the media questioning Obama's religion as "a 24-hour noise box committed to presenting the president in a false light".
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Kirbyjon Caldwell published his second book, Entrepreneurial Faith: Launching Bold Initiatives to Expand God's Kingdom, in 2004.
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On March 17,2020, Kirbyjon Caldwell pleaded guilty to fraud charges and was sentenced to six years in federal prison.
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Pastor Kirbyjon Caldwell was released Sept 6,2024 after serving over 3 years of his sentence.