{"id":610030,"date":"2026-02-23T08:37:32","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T08:37:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/610030\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T08:37:32","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T08:37:32","slug":"fellowship-church-reflects-on-rev-jesse-jacksons-role-in-its-founding-nbc-chicago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/610030\/","title":{"rendered":"Fellowship Church reflects on Rev. Jesse Jackson\u2019s role in its founding \u2013 NBC Chicago"},"content":{"rendered":"

A South Side church community on Sunday remembered Rev. Jesse Jackson’s integral role in its growth following his death earlier this week at the age of 84.<\/a><\/p>\n

“We called him the honorary co-pastor, because the building we were standing in, he helped to make sure it was built,” said Rev. Reginald Sharpe Jr., pastor of Fellowship Church. <\/p>\n

Fellowship Church, located along South Princeton Avenue and West 46th Street in Chicago’s Fuller Park neighborhood, is standing thanks to Jackson’s fight.<\/p>\n

In his passing, the congregation is adamant to continue Jackson’s work.<\/p>\n

“He allowed his faith to fuel his fight,” Sharpe Jr. said. “Church didn\u2019t end on Sunday for him.”<\/p>\n

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“I know it\u2019s going to be up to us to keep the movement going,” church member Barbara Seals said. “Even when he was sick, he was still doing things to help everyone.”<\/p>\n

Sunday’s service started with a tribute video and continued with Sharpe Jr.’s sermon, in which he acknowledged a deep friendship with the late reverend and civil rights leader – who was a mentor and source of inspiration to so many. <\/p>\n

“He became a symbol of hope, resilience, soul\u2026 so just trying to continue that legacy forward and not let it die with him,” Sharpe Jr. said. <\/p>\n

The reverend told NBC Chicago he hopes everyone continues Jackson’s legacy through the civil right’s leaders spirit. <\/p>\n

Jackson\u2019s life and legacy will be celebrated at multiple events<\/a> in Chicago next week. <\/p>\n

Jackson will lie in state at the Rainbow PUSH Coalition headquarters at 930 East 50th\u00a0Street in Chicago on Wednesday, Feb. 25 and Thursday, Feb. 26.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe People\u2019s Celebration\u201d will be held at Chicago\u2019s House of Hope on Friday, Feb. 27, beginning at 10 a.m. A Homegoing Service will be held at Rainbow PUSH on Saturday, February 28. Doors will open at 9 a.m., and the service will begin at 10 a.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A South Side church community on Sunday remembered Rev. Jesse Jackson’s integral role in its growth following his…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":610031,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5124],"tags":[960,5386,1818,23394],"class_list":{"0":"post-610030","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago","8":"tag-chicago","9":"tag-il","10":"tag-illinois","11":"tag-jesse-jackson"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116119040640853496","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/610030","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=610030"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/610030\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/610031"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=610030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=610030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=610030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}