Bishop Gerald O. Glenn

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Bishop Glenn is a native of Kingsville, Texas. He is senior pastor and founding visionary of the New Deliverance Evangelistic Church (NDEC) and the New Deliverance Christian Academy in Richmond (Chesterfield County) Virginia. He along with his wife, Marcietia, organized this congregation in 1995 with God, twenty people and a hundred dollar bill.

Bishop Glenn serves in the Church of God In Christ as an Auxiliary Bishop. He also serves as Bishop of the New Deliverance Fellowship Conference of Churches and President of the New Deliverance Foundation. He is Editor-In-Chief of the Deliverance in Focus Magazine. He has previously served as Co-President of the Richmonders Involved in Strengthening our Communities (RISC), an ecumenical organization of clergy and congregations. Recently, he was appointed as co-chair of the Governor's statewide Task Force on Preventing Crime in Minority Communities. Bishop Glenn was just elected as Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors of the National Alliance of Faith and Justice.

With roots in and love for the Church Of God In Christ (C.O.G.I.C.), Bishop Glenn has served as pastor of C.O.G.I.C. congregations in Texas and Virginia. His road to the ministry began in 1972 at the Saint's Home Church Of God In Christ in Buffalo, New York under the tutelage of his father, Bishop Carl Roberson. When his secular career required he and his wife to relocate to Dallas, Texas, Bishop Roberson instructed him to seek out Superintendent Frank W Smith. Bishop Glenn served under Bishop Frank W Smith for many years and readily acknowledges the tremendous impact that he and Bishop Roberson have had on shaping his ministry.

Bishop Glenn enjoyed an extensive career in Law Enforcement beginning as a Police Officer and culminating as Director of Virginia's Department of Juvenile Justice. He is a graduate of the FBI Citizen's Academy and the first African American Police Chaplain in Chesterfield County. He was listed in Who's Who In Law Enforcement and recognized in Ebony Magazine "Speaking of People." He holds active membership in the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), National Association of Blacks in Criminal Justice (NABCJ). He is honorably discharged from the Army and United Stares Marine Corps.

He can be heard weekly over radio stations throughout Virginia and North Carolina. He believes that he is called to assist small congregations in developing their maximum potential in kingdom work. He is a graduate of El Centro College, Dallas, Texas; St. Paul's College, Lawrenceville, Virginia, and the Virginia Triumphant College and Seminary in Richmond Virginia.

Bishop Glenn is married to the woman of his dreams and partner in ministry, Mother Marcietia S. Glenn. They have two sons and three daughters.