2026 SPECIAL SESSION I
ENROLLED
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 2026
Commending New Deliverance Evangelistic Church.
Agreed to by the Senate, June 22, 2026
WHEREAS, for 30 years, New Deliverance Evangelistic Church has provided opportunities for joyful worship to its congregation and strengthened the Richmond and Chesterfield County communities through generous outreach programs and life-changing ministries; and
WHEREAS, New Deliverance Evangelistic Church was established by the Reverend Gerald O. Glenn with support from his wife, Marcietia S. Glenn, and their children; he held the first organizational meeting for the church in December 1995, then pastored the church's first Sunday service, held at George Wythe High School, in January 1996; and
WHEREAS, New Deliverance Evangelistic Church grew to become one of the largest Black congregations in the Richmond area with 800 parishioners, leading the church to purchase land on Turner Road in Chesterfield County for a permanent home; and
WHEREAS, on July 21, 1998, members of the New Deliverance Evangelistic Church congregation gathered at George Wythe High School and drove in a caravan that stretched over a mile long to the new sanctuary; and
WHEREAS, in 1999, New Deliverance Evangelistic Church established the New Deliverance Christian Academy, which originally provided quality, affordable preschool and kindergarten classes and now serves children in kindergarten through fourth grade; and
WHEREAS, after being elevated to bishop in 2000, Gerald Glenn guided New Deliverance Evangelistic Church to establish the New Deliverance Fellowship Conference of Churches, which brought together representatives from other congregations around the country for leadership development and training; and