[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 136 (Friday, August 16, 2019)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1058]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    RECOGNIZING THE MINISTRY AND SERVICE OF REVEREND ARLESS R. GLASS

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                            HON. BRIAN BABIN

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                        Friday, August 16, 2019

  Mr. BABIN. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize the service and 
ministry of Reverend Bishop Arless R. Glass who has served the Lord in 
ministry for nearly seven decades at the United Pentecostal Church 
International.
  Arless Glass was born to Robert Newton and Allie Glass on August 17, 
1929, in DeRidder, Louisiana. He graduated from DeRidder High School in 
1947.
  Shortly after high school, Glass joined the United States Air Force 
and served as a Welfare Supervisor in the Chaplaincy with rotations at 
Kadena Air Force Base in Okinawa, Japan, in 1951 and Carswell Air Force 
Base in 1953. Chaplain Glass was the first person to baptize someone in 
Jesus' name while stationed in Okinawa.
  Following his honorable service in the Air Force, Arless Glass was 
licensed as a minister in the United Pentecostal Church in February of 
1951 and ordained in July of 1953. Initially, Glass served as an 
evangelist across the United States and Canada. In November of 1956, 
Rev. Glass accepted the pastorate of the La Marque United Pentecostal 
Church in Texas.
  In August of 1962, the Lord called Arless Glass to the Pasadena 
United Pentecostal Church where he has served ever since. He served as 
pastor of Pasadena United Pentecostal Church for forty-two years. For 
the past fifteen years, he has also served as Bishop of The Church 
Triumphant.
  Rev. Glass was one of the founding fathers of the Texas Bible College 
in 1964 and served as an instructor from 1964 to 1970, as well as a 
member on the Board of Directors from 1964 to 1976. Glass also earned a 
Bachelor of Theology degree from Texas Bible College in 1975. He later 
received an honorary doctoral degree in Pentecostal Studies in 1991, 
from the Apostolic Bible Institute in St. Paul, Minnesota. In 2008, 
Bishop Glass earned his Master's in Apostolic Studies from World 
Academy of Letters.
  In addition to his day-to-day role as a pastor, Bishop Glass has 
served in countless other denominational leadership positions on the 
local, state, and national level within the United Pentecostal Church 
International. He has also served as an appointed police chaplain for 
the Pasadena Police Department from 1974 to the present-day. Glass was 
also an active member of the United States Air Forces' Auxiliary, 
commonly known as the Civil Air Patrol, from 1974 to 2006 where he 
served as a Lieutenant Colonel.
  After forty-two years of marriage, his wife, Geraldine, passed away. 
He later married JoAnn Cannon, who passed away in 2002. Bishop Glass is 
currently married to Joan Carouthers of Arlington, Texas. He is the 
father of three children, daughters Cathy Glass and Letha Wise 
(deceased) and son Richey Glass. Glass has six grandchildren: Arlessa 
Wise, Kayci Dougherty, Garrett Dennard, Taylor Wise, Chelsea Wappler, 
and Krislyn Glass. He also has three great-grandchildren: Adalyn 
Sonnier, Grayson Dougherty, and Shay Corossan.
  Madam Speaker, it is my honor to recognize my brother in Christ, 
Bishop Arless R. Glass, for his devotion to ministry, service to the 
community and nation, and in recognition of his 90th birthday on 
Saturday, August 17, 2019.

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