Our Pastor
Pastor Randy L. Glover is a native of Atlanta, GA. He grew up in Northwest Atlanta and was educated in the Atlanta Public School System. He is a graduate of Henry McNeil Turner High School, where he graduated with honors, and is a 1974 recipient of the State of Georgia Certificate of Merit. He is a graduate of Morehouse College where he also graduated with honors. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in the field of Philosophy and Religion.
Rev. Randy Glover
Senior Pastor
On August 30, 1970 at the age of 13, Paster Glover preached his initial sermon at the First Corinth Missionary Baptist Church under the pastorate of Rev. M.L. Raglin. During his young ministry, he received numerous invitations to preach for Youth Day programs and Youth Revivals throughout the state of Georgia. In 1979 while attending Morehouse School of Religion, Pastor Glover was one of four seminarians chosen to participate in a Chaplaincy program and study abroad in Europe. He was also named a Benjamin E. Mays Scholar.
In 1980 Pastor Glover began his first assignment as the Under-Shepherd of St. John Missionary Baptist Church. In 1986, an assignment that was orchestrated by the late Rev. Ralph Frank Norwood, through the leading of the Holy Spirit, he became the Pastor of the Norwood Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church. During his pastorate, he has organized several ministries and auxiliaries to enhance the church’s ministry and mission.
Pastor Glover strongly believes in serving the Perry Homes Community. He is a member of the Executive team of the Northwest Atlanta Pastors and Community Alliance, and a member of the NPU-GG (Neighborhood Planning Unit). For Twenty years Norwood Tabernacle provided Thanksgiving dinner to the community. Although Pastor Glover is proud of this accomplishment, he is more humbled by it because of the genuine joy and gratitude of the recipients. Each year during Christmas, the church partner with the Dept. of Family & Children’s Services to provide toys, clothing and food to needy family.
Pastor Glover cherishes family. In 1979, he married the former Pennisi Cottonham. They are the proud parents of LaQuellis, Randilyn, Jared and Brandon. The Family tree has been been expanded to include five grandchildren, Briah, Felicia, Cameron, Aniya and Grayson, and a great-grandson, Teres, Jr.
Pastor Glover is a published author. His first book is entitled; An Anchor for the Ages, and his second project is scheduled to be released in 2026.