Pastor Kimmel grow up in a Christian home and attended the great First Baptist Church of Hammond, Indiana where he sat under the leadership of Dr. Jack Hyles until the age of 19, when Dr. Hyles went to be with the Lord.  At the age of nine, Pastor Kimmel trusted Christ as his Saviour.  Pastor Kimmel attended the Hammond Baptist School system, a ministry of First Baptist Church, where he graduated in 2000.  Later that year he enrolled in Hyles-Anderson College, a college owned and operated my by First Baptist Church.  There he felt God calling him to work in Jamaica.  In 2003, 2004 and 2005, Pastor Kimmel visited different parts of Jamaica looking as to where God would lead him.  In 2004, Pastor Kimmel graduated with his Bachelor's Degree in Missions.  Two weeks after graduation, Pastor and Mrs. Kimmel were married.  Pastor Kimmel and his family moved to Jamaica on January 3, 2006.  From May, 2006 to January 2007, he pastored Emmanuel Baptist Church in Kingston which he resigned to start another church.  Shortly after resigning as pastor, Mrs. Kimmel gave birth to their first son.  In April of that same year, Pastor Kimmel began holding Bibles studies out of his home in attempts to start a chuch.  After just a few weeks, on June 24th, Fundamental Baptist Church was founded.  Since then, they have moved into their current site where they have seen a steady increase in attendance.  Pastor Kimmel is currently studying to receive his masters from Crown Seminary located in Powell Tennessee.  Crown Seminary is a ministry of Temple Baptist Church.