Born and reared in
Kingsville, Texas, Bishop G. O. Glenn is the senior pastor and
founding visionary of the New Deliverance Evangelistic Church (NDEC)
and the New Deliverance Christian Academy in Richmond, Virginia. He
along with his wife, Marcietia, organized the ministry in 1995 with
God, twenty people and a one hundred dollar bill. From this humble
beginning in a high school auditorium, Bishop Glenn has grown this
God-inspired ministry to an average weekly attendance of over 750
souls. Under his charismatic leadership and strong faith principles,
New Deliverance became a debt-free ministry in 2006 when it retired
more than two million dollars of debt within an eight-year time
span.
Bishop Glenn is the founder and President of the New Deliverance
Foundation. He serves as a Chaplain for the Chesterfield County
Police Department. In September 2011, he accepted the appointment as
Chairman of Care Net's Life Ambassadors Leadership Council, and
served two years. He was elected as Vice-chair of the Board of
Directors of the National Alliance of Faith and Justice. He is the
former presiding officer of The Family Foundation of
Virginia-Pastors for Family Values to which he was appointed in
2007. He is a former member of the Commonwealth of Virginia's Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Commission and the Abraham Lincoln
Bicentennial Anniversary Subcommittee. Bishop Glenn has previously
served as Co-chair of the Governor's statewide Task Force on
Preventing Crime in Minority Communities and Director of Virginia's
Department of Juvenile Justice. Bishop Glenn earned an Associate
Degree from El Centro College, Dallas, Texas and a Bachelor of
Science in Organizational Management from St. Paul's College,
Lawrenceville, Virginia. In 2007, he received the Degree of
Doctorate in Ministry from Virginia Triumphant College and Seminary,
Richmond, Virginia.
The Church of God in Christ (COGIC) has been a part of Bishop
Glenn's roots since childhood in rural south Texas. He has served as
pastor of COGIC congregations in both Texas and Virginia. In January
2006, Bishop Glenn was appointed by the late Presiding Bishop
Gilbert E. Patterson and the General Board as an Auxiliary Bishop in
the Church of God in Christ. In November 2006, during the 99th Holy
Convocation in Memphis, TN, he was formally inducted and consecrated
into the College of Bishops of the Church of God in Christ. In 2004,
he led his congregation in fulfilling a $100,000 pledge to the
National Church in support of the Presiding Bishop's effort to
renovate the historic Mason Temple.
TV broadcast airs on Sundays at 8:30 AM on WTVR Channel 6 in
Richmond.
Bishop Glenn is married to the woman of his dreams and partner in
ministry, Mother Marcietia Lee Simmons Glenn. They have two sons and
three daughters, which several of whom are married and ten
grandchildren. Most importantly, he is an avid fan of the world
champion Dallas Cowboys!