Henry Soles Jr. (August 17, 1935 – January 18, 2018) was a minister based out of Wheaton, Illinois, who served as the Senior chaplain for the Chicago Bulls for more than 30 years.
[1] The Soles family moved to Wheaton, Illinois, in 1969 after he accepted a job at Urban Ministries Inc. in Calumet City.
Later in the decade he began to work with the Chicago White Sox, and eventually left the Bears to focus on his new role.
[2] His experience with both teams led to him creating an organization in 1979 designed specifically to serve the spiritual needs of professional athletes, Intersports Associates Inc.[3] That is also the year that he got the idea to lead chapel services as a volunteer for the Bulls.
[6] Soles edited two books which were published by Tyndale House, The Soul Food New Testament and the Children of Color Bible.