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The church has its origins in a 1917 house Bible study group led by Robert Warren and his wife. [1] In 1920 it opened its first building in Glenarden. [2] In 1989, John K. Jenkins Sr. became the senior pastor of the 500-member church. [3]
Richard W. Dortch (October 15, 1931 – June 15, 2011) was an Assemblies of God District Superintendent for Illinois (1970–83) and an Assemblies of God Executive Presbyter (1971–1985). [1]
Brunson was born on June 28, 1929, [1] in Chicago, Illinois. [2] His father was a stockyard worker, while his mother was a music and religion teacher. [2] After he graduated from McKinley High School, [3] he pursued a career in music by getting trained by Thomas A. Dorsey, Mahalia Jackson, and Robert Johnson, to hone his craft in the arts. [2]
In February 2010, Tim Thompson was appointed as the new senior pastor by Bishop Paul L. Leeland. Thompson grew up in the Methodist church and is a former youth minister at Frazer. [ 9 ] In early 2016, Thompson announced his retirement. [ 10 ]
Thomas A. Dorsey, the "Father of Gospel Music", was the music director at Pilgrim Baptist for decades. Albertina Walker, Mahalia Jackson, Aretha Franklin, Sallie Martin, James Cleveland, The Staples Singers, and The Edwin Hawkins Singers are among those who have sung at the church. Famous members of the congregation include Bessie Coleman.
The church also features a radio station(88.3 FM Crosstower radio) and can be heard within 12 miles of the building in Munster. FCC has also branched off into the city of Chicago. City Church is run by Pastor Kent Munsey, Pastor Steve Munsey's son, and Kent's wife Alli.
Thomas A. Dorsey was born in Villa Rica, Georgia, the first of three children to Thomas Madison Dorsey, a minister and farmer, and Etta Plant Spencer.The Dorseys sharecropped on a small farm, while the elder Dorsey, a graduate of Atlanta Bible College (now Morehouse College), traveled to nearby churches to preach.
The Pipers, out of "team loyalty", resigned en masse. At that moment, the #1 record on the charts was "There Are Such Things" sung by Frank Sinatra and the Pied Pipers; it was the last RCA record they did with Dorsey. The sisters auditioned for Dorsey in their West Forty-Fifth Street apartment, where he offered them a job on the spot.