Early Life
Meeks is a graduate of Harper High School in Chicago and continued his education at Bishop College in Dallas, Texas where he earned a degree in Religion and Philosophy.
In 1985, Meeks founded Salem Baptist Church of Chicago where the congregation has grown from 200 to more than 20,000 today. The church has two locations devoted to worship; the 'Old' Salem Baptist Church, built between 1912 and 1913 is a former Roman Catholic Church that is one of Chicago's historic Polish Cathedrals designed by Erhard Brielamier & Sons, while the 'New' Salem Baptist Church is known as the House of Hope and was completed in 2005.
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