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The Rev. James Meeks, 65, announced his retirement from ministry this month at Salem Baptist nearly 38 years since starting the Pullman church, one of the largest African American churches in the state with nearly 10,000 members.
Rev. James Meeks announced Sunday that Pastor Charlie Dates of Progressive Baptist Church in Chicago will succeed him as leader of the 10,000-member Salem Baptist Church of Chicago when he steps out of the role in January 2023.
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"We turned those slaves loose. Those slaves had absolutely nothing," said James Meeks, Salem Baptist Church pastor. "Then, America turned around and we paid the former slave owners for the slaves that they lost … instead [of] the people who were slaves and that subsidized America with 350 years of [free] labor — [they] got nothing."
Rev. James Meeks announced Sunday that Pastor Charlie Dates of Progressive Baptist Church in Chicago will succeed him as leader of the 10,000-member Salem Baptist Church of Chicago when he steps out of the role in January 2023.