Rev. James L. Kilgore

James Kilgore was born September 23, 1926. His early life was spent traveling across the country with his ministering family, singing in the old brush arbors, building pulpits, altar benches, and churches, and eventually preaching the Gospel.

On September 13, 1949, he married Imogene Ellen Ritchie. The new couple began their marriage in the parsonage of their first church in Paris, Texas. When God called the Kilgore family to Houston eight years later, they left behind a growing congregation that today is still a thriving church.

While in Paris, Brother Kilgore began a lifetime of service to the United Pentecostal Church when he was elected as the Texas District youth president. He served faithfully in that capacity from 1952 to 1960. A founding father of Texas Bible College, he served as its president from 1963 to 1964. At the 1971 General Conference in Houston, Texas, the ministers of the UPCI elected James L. Kilgore as the assistant general superintendent of the Western Division, an office he filled until he was elected as district superintendent of Texas in 1994.

Living his life to serve others has been his most fervent calling. The many that have been touched by his life remain committed to helping bring life to his vision of worldwide revival that began in his heart many years ago.

He passed from this life on February 5, 2014.