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MEET OUR LEADERS

Leadership: Team Members
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 PASTOR Dr. CHARLIE E. DATES

PASTOR

Blessed to serve in the city in which he was born, Reverend Dr. Charlie E. Dates is Chicago through and through. Raised on the southside of Chicago, he came of age having welcomed Christ into his life early. Heavily influenced by the teachings of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, W.E.B. Dubois, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth, and Mary Mcloud - Bethune, Dr. Charlie’s orientation and early formation were significantly bent toward the theological reflection of Black people.

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 PASTOR JAMES T. MEEKS 

FOUNDER + PASTOR EMERITUS

Pastor James T. Meeks is the founder and pastor emeritus of Salem Baptist Church of Chicago, which has been recognized as one of the fastest growing megachurches in the United States. Salem is the largest African American church in Illinois with over 9,000 members.

MEET OUR PASTORS

Leadership: About
Leadership: Team Members
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LESLIE
ROGERS

Children's Pastor

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SHAUN
MARSHALL

Pastor of Ministries

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YVETTE 
BRECKENRIDGE 

Pastoral Care

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