Meeks also served three terms as an Illinois state senator until ... to accept @charliedates as the Pastor-elect of Salem Baptist Church of Chicago #SalemForward ...

While continuing to lead Progressive Baptist, the 41-year-old pastor was named the successor to James Meeks at Salem Baptist Church, one of the city’s biggest congregations. After the retirement ...

A mission to feed 5,000 Chicago families takes off Monday on the CTA Red Line. Pastor Charlie Dates and his congregation at Progressive Baptist Church and Salem Baptist Church of Chicago will be ...

Standing in the pulpit on Sunday (Jan. 8) at the House of Hope, the home of Chicago’s Salem Baptist Church, Meeks held a glass statue of a torch, which he was about to pass to the Rev. Charlie ...

Donation Options Search Search Search A volunteer with Bridgeport’s Progressive Baptist Church and Pullman’s Salem Baptist Church shows off a free carton of eggs on Saturday during the church ...

After nearly 40 years as a pastor in Chicago, James Meeks delivered his last sermon on Sunday at the Salem Baptist Church, the largest African American church on the South Side. “I married you all.

2019: The lowest temperature ever recorded in Illinois was observed on Jan. 31, 2019, when Mount Carroll (west of Chicago in the state’s northwest pocket) checked in at minus 38 degrees.

Meeks led a group of Black pastors in opposition to 2010 legislation that legalized gay marriage in Illinois ... Salem Christian Academy, and is pastor of Progressive Baptist Church in Chicago.