[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 60 (Thursday, April 6, 2017)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E485]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  HONORING BISHOP JIMMY W. GLENN, SR.

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                          HON. MARC A. VEASEY

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, April 6, 2017

  Mr. VEASEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Bishop Jimmy W. Glenn, 
Sr. who was recently elevated to Auxiliary Bishop of Texas Northeast 
Forth Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction of the Church of God in Christ.
  Bishop Glenn was born in 1954 to Superintendent Emuel Robert Glenn 
Sr. and Mrs. Dixie Jewel Glenn. Bishop Glenn was raised in the Lake 
Como community of Fort Worth, where he proudly graduated from Trimble 
Technical High School in 1973. His legacy of ministry started at the 
early age of 8 when he began singing in a number of church programs at 
Wayside Church of God in Christ. He embraced his call to service at a 
very young age and sang at revival services around Texas with Bishop 
R.E. Ranger and his father.
  By the time Bishop Glenn turned 21 in 1979, he was licensed to 
preach. The Church of God in Christ ordained Bishop Glenn as an Elder 
in 1981, and he served for two years under his father at the St. Paul 
Church of God in Christ. In 1983, he was named pastor of Gospel 
Lighthouse Church of God in Christ in Cleburne, Texas. Bishop Glenn 
served in that parish for 10 years before spending time at several 
churches in Fort Worth, including Gethsemane Church of God in Christ, 
the St. Mary Church of God in Christ, and Greater Love Chapel Church of 
God in Christ.
  Bishop Glenn has served in a number of leadership positions at the 
state and national level within the Church of God in Christ. He served 
as Chief Adjutant to the late presiding prelate of Texas Northeast 
First Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction of the Church of God in Christ, 
Bishop James Neaul Haynes. Bishop Glenn served as a National Adjutant 
to Bishop Haynes as well during Haynes' tenure as one of the 12 General 
Board members of the Church of God in Christ. Bishop Glenn served 
loyally in this capacity with Bishop Haynes for over 30 years until 
Haynes' death in March of 2015. Currently, he holds the title of Vice 
President of the National Evangelist Department at the national level.
  The Church of God in Christ will honor Bishop Glenn's lifetime of 
service and his appointment to the post of Auxiliary Bishop of Texas 
Northeast Fourth Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction at an inaugural banquet 
and celebration in Fort Worth, Texas on May 5, 2017.
  I honor Bishop Jimmy W. Glenn, Sr.'s decades of service to the Church 
of God in Christ.

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