SR 2026 — Commending New Deliverance Evangelistic Church.

+ 2026 SPECIAL SESSION I + INTRODUCED+ + ENROLLED + + 26200001D+ I SENATE RESOLUTION NO.

2026 OfferedE May+ 27,+ 2026 N Commending+ommending New Deliverance Evangelistic Church.

—————+ T R Patron—Jones+ —————+ O Agreed to by the Senate, June 22, 2026 L WHEREAS, for 30 years, New Deliverance Evangelistic Church has provided opportunities for joyful L worship to its congregation and strengthened the Richmond and Chesterfield County communities through D generous outreach programs and life-changing ministries;

and UE WHEREAS, New Deliverance Evangelistic Church was established by the Reverend Gerald O.

Glenn D with support from his wife, Marcietia S.

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 E School, in January 1996;

and D 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 S sanctuary;

and R WHEREAS, in 1999, New Deliverance Evangelistic Church established the New Deliverance Christian 2 Academy, which originally provided quality, affordable preschool and kindergarten classes and now serves 6 children in kindergarten through fourth grade;

and E WHEREAS, after being elevated to bishop in 2000, Gerald Glenn guided New Deliverance Evangelistic SR Church to establish the New Deliverance Fellowship Conference of Churches, which brought together 2 representatives from other congregations around the country for leadership development and training;

and0and WHEREAS, by the early 2000s, New Deliverance Evangelistic Church had developed more than 40 6 active ministries to support members of the community;

and WHEREAS, in 2009, New Deliverance Evangelistic Church broadened its outreach by initiating weekly 35 television broadcasts on WTVZ, serving Hampton Roads;

the church has since implemented online streaming 36 for Sunday and Wednesday services, as well as a weekly telecast on WTVR CBS 6 in Richmond;

and / 37 WHEREAS, in 2016, New Deliverance Evangelistic Church partnered with a local Spanish-speaking 38 church, allowing them to use the Smith-Wilder Memorial Annex, and further expanded its ministries to reach 39 other members of the Chesterfield County community;