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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Mental Health in the Church - Special Guest: Christina Jones Davis, ThD
African American Missionaries - Special Guest: Bishop David Perrin
The Church and Sex - Special Guest: Dr. Sarita Lyons
Apologetics Across Denominational Lines - Special Guest: Brandon Harris, M. Div
FB Live | Candid Conversation: Engaging Young People
Contextualizing Apologetics - Special Guest: Dr. Kimberly Credit
Bitterness and the Christian Witness - Special Guest: Dr. Christina Edmondson
The Reliability of the New Testament - Special Guest: Dr. Daniel Wallace
Courageous Conversations V | Is Christianity a White Man's Religion? - Dr. Howard-John Wesley and Dr. Eric Mason
Hebrew Israelism, Kemetism and Eastern Mysticism - Special Guest: Tyran Laws
An Anthology of African American Sermons - Special Guest: Dr. Martha Simmons
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The Black Church and Economic Empowerment - Special Guest: Bishop Vaughn McLaughlin
Contributions of the Black Church - Special Guest: Dr. Marvin McMickle
Black Love in the Church - Special Guest: BJ Thompson
Doctrine and Race - Special Guest: Dr. Mary Beth Mathews
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