CHICAGO (CBS)-- After nearly 40 years, the Rev. James Meeks is stepping away from the pulpit. Meeks said next year will be his last as the leader at Salem Baptist Church on the city's Far South ...

James William Meeks reared three Sunday school teachers and the Rev. James T. Meeks, founder of Salem Baptist, the biggest African-American church in Illinois, with an estimated 15,000 members.

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In front of a live video projection, the Rev. James Meeks, left, and the Rev. Jesse Jackson join hands during Jackson's remarks at Salem Baptist Church service on March 19, 2000.

Feels like a church," said the Rev. James Meeks, who leads the Salem Baptist Church and its effort to build the $50 million House of Hope facility on Chicago's South Side.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A mission to feed 5,000 Chicago families takes off Monday on the CTA Red Line. Pastor Charlie Dates and his congregation at Progressive Baptist Church and Salem Baptist Church of ...

After 42 years in ministry, most of which were spent as pastor of Salem Baptist Church, Rev. James Meeks will step aside in January of next year, he told his congregation this weekend.

“That’s why I praise Him,” she sang in her Oak Park apartment as she watched the choir from Chicago’s Salem Baptist Church do the same. Beamon, 25, was taking advantage of one of ...

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Rev. 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 ...