The First 100 Years
February 8, 1911
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Salem was organized at 31st & Federal St., Chicago, IL - Rev. James H. Haywood, Pastor
September 22, 1912
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The Salem Baptist Church moves to 3000 S. LaSalle St., Chicago, IL (Formally Swedish Covenant Tabernacle)
September 1921
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The mortgage papers were burned
February 18, 1922
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Rev. James H. Haywood dies
December 1922
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Part of Salem's membership split and organized the "Antioch Missionary Baptist Church"
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Salem gets a new Pastor, Rev. Bland L. Rose
1926
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Salem's membership experiences a second split and becomes "The New Covenant Baptist Church" and moved to 37th and Langley Avenue, Chicago, IL
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Salem Baptist Church is renamed "Greater Salem Missionary Baptist Church" located at 3000 S. LaSalle Street, Chicago, IL
1927
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Rev. C.C. Harper of Dallas, Texas becomes the new Pastor of Greater Salem
1929
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Rev. Balou becomes the new Pastor of Greater Salem
1930
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A third split resulting in the formation of Zion Temple Baptist Church
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Greater Salem gets a new Pastor, Rev. G.W. Allen
1934
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Rev. W. Louis Petty becomes Greater Salem's new Pastor
March 1954
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After Rev. W.L. Petty's death, Rev. Leon Jenkins, Sr. becomes the Pastor of Greater Salem
July 20, 1958
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Greater Salem M.B. Church moves to current location at 215 W. 71st Street, Chicago, IL
February 16, 1989
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Rev. Leon Jenkins, Sr. passes
April 20, 1990
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Rev. Leon Jenkins, Jr. becomes Pastor of Greater Salem M.B. Church
November 24, 2019
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Under the leadership of Rev. Dr. Leon Jenkins, Jr., Min. Georgia Archibald Little & Min. Sheila Harmon, have become the first females in the history of Greater Salem M.B. Church licensed to Preach.
May 23, 2021
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Congratulations to Rev. Georgia Archibald-Little and Rev. Sheila Harmon on their historic Ordination