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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Mass Incarceration and the Black Church - Special Guest: Dr. Eboni Marshall Turman
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Faith and Medicine - Special Guest: Dr. Angela Guzman, MD
A Practical Way to Defend Your Faith in the Workplace - Special Guest: Ryan Gilliam
Courageous Conversation Pt. 2: Politics in the Pulpit with Dr. Marvin McMickle, Dr. Vincent Bacote and Sho Baraka
Confronting Blind Spots - Special Guest: B.J. Thompson
Let's Talk About Hell: Would a Loving God Punish People For Eternity? - Special Guest: Dr. Preston Sprinkle
Early African Christianity - Special Guest: Dr. Michael Glerup
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How Africa Shaped the Christian Mind - Special Guest: Dr. Joel Elowsky
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The Chosen People - Special Guest: Dr. Chad Thornhill
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