In 2011, at age 30, Rev. Charlie Edward Dates became the youngest Senior Pastor in Progressive’s rich 95-year history.
Rev. Charlie earned a Bachelor of Arts in Speech Communication and Rhetoric at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a Master of Divinity Degree at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois.
In 2002, Rev. Charlie served as an apprentice to Pastor K. Edward Copeland and started his formal, practical training at the New Zion Baptist Church of Rockford, Illinois. In 2006, he began serving as the primary preaching assistant to the Rev. James Meeks, Director of Church Operations and as Pastor of Adult Ministries at the Salem Baptist Church of Chicago.
He currently is a candidate for the PhD in Historical Theology at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. His original research focuses on the health of proclamation in late 20th Century Black Church Chicago.
For reasons that please Him, God has blessed the Progressive Church to grow deep and wide.
In addition to his pastoral duties, Pastor Charlie has served as an Adjunct Professor at the Moody Bible Institute and currently serves on the Community Advisory Board for the Chicago Fire Department. He is a contributor to the 2014 book Letters To A Birmingham Jail.
Pastor Charlie is married to Kirstie Dates and is the proud father of their children Charlie Edward Dates II and Claire Elisabeth Dates.
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The Death & Resurrection of Jesus Through Black Lenses - Special Guest: Dr. Esau Mccaulley
Afro-Latino, Pentecostalism, and Black Religions - Special Guest: Bishop Emilio Alvarez, PhD
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Black People in the Bible - Special Guest: Marcus Jerkins
Hip Hop & Christianity - Special Guest: Brian "B. Dot" Miller
Preach What You Practice - Special Guest: Bishop Vaughn McLaughlin
Hebrew Israelites, KJV & Black Identity - Special Guest: Dr. Jamal Hopkins
The Forgotten Early African Church Mothers - Special Guest: Laura Swan
The Truth About the American Church’s Complicity in Racism - Special Guest: Jemar Tisby
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Can We Trust the Gospels? - Special Guest: Dr. Peter Williams
Tertullian: The Good, Bad & Ugly - Special Guest: Dr. David Wilhite
Dead Sea Scrolls & the Curse of Ham - Special Guest: Dr. Jamal-Dominique Hopkins
Loving Our Neighbors Well with Mental Health Challenges - Special Guest: Dr. John Swinton
Minority Led - Special Guest: BJ Thompson
Is God Sexist? - Special Guest: Dr. Jo Vitale
Equipping the Church to Defend the Faith - Special Guest: Dr. Phillip Pointer
Woke Church - Special Guest: Dr. Eric Mason
The Doctrine of Hell: A Tool of White Supremacy or God's Justice? - Special Guest: Dr. Kenneth Reid
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