About
Charlie E. Dates (PhD, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School) is the senior pastor of Salem and Progressive Baptist Churches of Chicago. A sought-after speaker, he is widely invited to preach at churches, conferences, and universities throughout the United States and abroad. He is as an Affiliate Professor at Baylor University’s George W. Truett Theological Seminary, Anderson University, and Wheaton College. He is a contributing author to The Contemporary Handbook on Preaching and Say It: Celebrating Expository Preaching in the African American Tradition. He and his wife, Kirstie, and their children, Charlie II and Claire live in Chicago.