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Pastor who defiantly held church service dies of coronavirus in Virginia

April 13, 2020 ,



He tried to do what he said others should do — at that point he kicked the bucket of coronavirus.

A zealous minister kicked the bucket of COVID-19 only weeks after gladly flaunting how pressed his Virginia church was — and vowing to continue lecturing "except if I'm in prison or the medical clinic."


In his last known face to face administration on March 22, Bishop Gerald O. Glenn got his assemblage at Richmond's New Deliverance Evangelistic Church to remain to demonstrate what number of were there regardless of alerts against social events of in excess of 10 individuals.

"I solidly accept that God is bigger than this feared infection. You can cite me on that," he stated, rehashing it a second time to applauds, saying that "individuals are recuperated" in his congregation.

Bishop Gerald GlennThe New Deliverance Evangelistic Church

Cheerfully reporting he was being "questionable" by being "in infringement" of security conventions — with "much in excess of 10 individuals" at the congregation — he pledged to keep his congregation open "except if I'm in prison or the clinic."

"I am basic," he said of staying open, including, "I'm a minister — I converse with God!"

On Sunday, his congregation reported "with an exceedingly sad and overwhelming heart" that the minister had kicked the bucket seven days in the wake of being determined to have COVID-19.


His better half, Marcietia Glenn, is additionally debilitated with the bug, with chapel individuals offering their petitions.

Their girl, Mar-Gerie Crawley, revealed to WTVR that her dad at first excused his side effects since he has a condition that frequently prompts fevers and diseases.

She is currently encouraging everybody to remain at home.

"It turns out to be genuine to you," she told WTVR after her folks' determinations.

"I simply ask individuals to comprehend the seriousness and the reality of this, since individuals are saying it's not simply regarding us, it's about everybody around us."