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Would you like to follow Jesus more faithfully? Pastor Charlie Dates joins Ed Stetzer, both speaking at Moody Radio Cleveland's "Walk Worthy Conference", on how men can embrace God's calling on their lives.
Dr. Charlie Edward Dates is the Senior Pastor of Progressive Baptist Church in Chicago. Charlie earned a B.A. in Speech Communication and Rhetoric at the University of Illiniois at Urbana-Champaign and a Master of Divinity Degree at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois. Prior to coming to Progressive, Charlie served as an apprentice to Pastor K. Edward Copeland at the New Zion Baptist Church of Rockford, Illinois. He also served 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. Charlie has served as an Adjunct Professor at the Moody Bible Institute and serves on the Community Advisory Board for the Chicago Fire Department. He is a contributor to the 2014 book Letters to a Birmingham Jail. Charlie is married to Kirstie Dates and is the proud father of Charlie and Claire.
Ed Stetzer, Ph.D., is a professor and dean at Wheaton College where he also serves as Executive Director of the Wheaton College Billy Graham Center. He has planted, revitalized, and pastored churches; trained pastors and church planters on six continents; earned two master’s degrees and two doctorates; and he has written hundreds of articles and a dozen books. He is Regional Director for Lausanne North America, is the Editor-in-Chief of Outreach Magazine, and regularly writes for news outlets such as USA Today and CNN. He serves at his local church, Highpoint Church, as a teaching pastor. Ed and his wife Donna have been married for more than 35 years and are the parents of three daughters.
Discover new ways to show and share the love of Jesus to a broken and a hurting world. Join Ed Stetzer in an engaging discussion of todays cultural trends.