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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Listen. Lament. Legislate. Pt I - Special Guests: Marvin McMickle, Christena Edmondson, Latasha Morrison & Jay Harvey
A Candid Conversation: Spiritual Not Religious - Special Guests: Bernard Thomas & Christopher Wright
Not Another Hashtag: A Strategy for Progress - Special Guests: Vanna Cure and Justin Giboney
Healing Racial Trauma - Special Guest: Sheila Wise Rowe
Grace & Truth - Special Guest: Brandon Cleaver
Help Me Believe: Making Sense of Suffering - Special Guests: Kirk Franklin & Dr. Charlie Dates
Candid Conversation: A Black Millennial's Faith Journey - Special Guest: Kori Porter
Problematic Passages in the Bible - Special Guests: Dr. Jo Vitale & Dr. Esau Mccaulley
African Theology - Special Guest: Dr. Vince Bantu
Churches Helping Churches - Special Guest: Justin Giboney
Faith Restored - Special Guest: Lecrae
Hope in the Midst of Crisis - Special Guest: Dr. Cynthia James
African Spirituality, Coronavirus & Peace - Special Guest: Mahlatse Mashua
Understanding the Bible - Special Guest: Dr. Dennis Edwards
Tactics: Practical Ways to Defend Your Faith - Special Guest: Greg Koukl
The Connection Between Atheism & Fatherlessness - Special Guest: Dr. Paul Vitz
Relational Intelligence - Special Guest: Dr. Dharius Daniels
Truth & Trauma - Special Guest: Nona Jones
Parable of the Brown Girl - Special Guest: Khristi Adams
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