Charles Jenkins Retiring From Fellowship + Reginald Sharpe Jr. Successor

Pastor Charles Jenkins is following God and retiring as the Senior Pastor of Fellowship Chicago.

According to a press release, Jenkins will stay on until December 2019, and then will hand over the reign of “The Ship” to Reginald Sharpe. Sharpe was the pastor of House of Hope in Macon, Georgia before stepping down last June.

“It has been the joy of my life, and the honor of a lifetime, to serve at Fellowship in the greatest city in the world, for almost half of my life,” said Jenkins, Senior Pastor of Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church. “I’m leaving the lead role, but I’m never leaving Reverend Evans, my spiritual family, or Chicago. I owe so many people so much. I am emotionally all over the place, but I believe it’s God’s Plan. Additionally, I am excited about Fellowship’s future with my successor Reverend Reginald Sharpe Jr.!”

Jenkins took over Fellowship from the legendary Rev. Clay Evans, known as the Godfather of the Gospel when he was 25. Since then Jenkins has made sure to honor Evans, and lean on him for spiritual guidance.

“I love him! I love him! He is my pastor, my son, and my friend,” said Rev. Clay Evans. “He has done a marvelous job, a Herculean job, an excellent job. He has made me very proud. He has been good to me and Fellowship. It was the Lord’s doing, and the young man following Reverend Jenkins will do well. I was 25 when I started Fellowship. Reverend Jenkins was about 25. Sharpe is about 27, and that’s a good age, a good age. God is in the plan.”

Congratulations to Pastor Jenkins and Rev. Reginald Sharpe, Jr.