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.
The Rev. James Meeks sprawled out on the sidewalk in front of the controversial Chuck’s Gun Store at a, taking up space in front of the doorway just like the police said not to do.
“All of the people who said they did not know God prior to being introduced to our ministry, and now they have a relationship with God that has been life-forming and transforming to them, and the very fact that God uses some of us to connect other people to him,” he said. “That’s been the most rewarding thing ever.”
“My relationship began and remains with him on those terms, just with a great deal of admiration and respect,” Dates said. “One of worst things that we do in society from politics to ministry is to hold on to leadership positions and not give the younger generation that we asked to go and become educated, they come back to society and there’s no room for them because people hold onto positions,” Meeks said. “I’m trying to be an example to people of my generation to say it’s OK to trust the next generations with leadership.
When asked if he sees himself getting back into politics, Meeks was quick to say no, but said he does see himself “helping a lot of young politicians make good choices.”“To run for an office takes a pound of flesh that I don’t have to give,” he said. “I just don’t think that I’m cut out for that anymore.”
Jackson said Meeks always insisted on being involved with the church from the ground up, from washing dishes to attending church meetings and leading worship.
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