The Latest Breaking News from Antioch Missionary Baptist Church

Prayers up with election countdown: Chicago mayoral candidates canvass churches in final push — and warn of ‘false prophets’

Nine candidates for mayor made some of their final pitches, trying to get souls to the polls across the city with two days to go before the balloting ends.

Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 27, 2023

The Sun-Times’ best photos of 2022

Our photographers covered everything from the mass shootings in Chicago and Highland Park to Chicagoans’ protesting the war in Ukraine and the overturning of Roe v. Wade. Take a look at some of the top images they captured.

Chicago Sun-Times · Dec 23, 2022

Campaign to rebuild Antioch Missionary Baptist Church kicks off with Sunday service

Rev. Gerald M. Dew hopes to open the new church complex on Easter 2024.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 13, 2022

Englewood church catches fire a third time in a week

It is not uncommon for large fires — such as the one that destroyed Antioch Missionary Baptist Church last week — to flare up again, according to the Chicago Fire Department.

Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 18, 2022

2 days after church fire, Chicago community celebrates Easter with hopes of rebuilding

CHICAGO — The congregation gathered for Easter Sunday at a neighborhood funeral home. Some have been members of Antioch Missionary Baptist Church for more than 30 years. Others were inspired to join for the first time. All came to hear the message of resurrection.

Chicago Tribune · Apr 18, 2022

Congregation celebrates Easter 2 days after devastating fire hit Englewood church: ‘We will continue on’

“It was just overwhelming to just see the outpouring of love and to see the positivity,” Gerald Dew, pastor of Antioch Missionary Baptist Church, said of Sunday’s service at its makeshift home at a nearby funeral home.

Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 17, 2022

Englewood church destroyed by fire hours after Good Friday service. ‘This church is an anchor in this community.’

Pastor Gerald Dew returned home from the noon service at Antioch Missionary Baptist Church and got a call that the legendary South Side church was on fire.

Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 15, 2022