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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How Can The Church Ignite Local Economic Development? - Special Guest: Oye Waddell
How Do We Engage The Spiritual Not Religious? - Special Guest Dr. CJ Rhodes
How Do You Raise Kids That Don’t Hate The Church? - Special Guest: Louis Fields Jr.
How Can We Discuss Rape & Sexual Sin In The Church? - Special Guest: Quonekuia Day
A Life That Doesn’t Undercut The Message - Special Guests: Watson Jones, Dr. Cynthia James, Rev James Meeks, & Dr. Horace Smith
Did Jesus Really Exist? - Special Guest: Dr.Craig Keener
Why Do We Need Truth, Love & Liberation? - Special Guests: Dr. Christina Edmondson & Ekemini Uwan
Are Black People The Descendants of Biblical Hebrews? - Special Guests: Dr. Vince Bantu & Quonekuia Day
Should We Take The Bible Literally or Literarily? - Special Guest: Kristie Anyabwile
How Dangerous Can ”Being Right In Our Own Eyes” Be? - Special Guests: Yana Conner & Dr. Cynthia James
Is Karma Biblical? - Special Guest: Abdu Murray
Can You Love Jesus And Go To Therapy? - Special Guest: Maliek Blade
Do Black Lives Matter To Jesus? - Special Guest: Dr. Marcus Jerkins
Bring Our Girls Back! - Special Guest: Kori Porter
How Do We Have Courageous Conversations? - Special Guest: Rasool Berry
What Does It Mean To Take God‘s Name in Vain? - Special Guest: Dr. Carmen Imes
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Special Episode: Why Did She Leave Christianity For African Spirituality? | From People To Person - Season 1, Ep. 2
Special Episode: Can He Be A Hebrew Israelite & A Christian? | From People To Person - Season 1, Ep. 1
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