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When the American Baptist Association was organized on December 10, 1924, Glover was a delegate or messenger from the Big Creek Missionary Baptist Church in Sheridan. He had previously attended the "unification meeting" at Texarkana in March 1924. Thereafter until his death, he missed only two ABA sessions. He was moderator of the Pine Bluff Association for twenty-five years, beginning in 1939, and he moderated the state association meetings from 1942 to 1948. He was the president of the American Baptist Association from 1941 until 1946, and then by his request for one more session in 1952 after a split developed in the association.  For the rest of his useful life, Glover was the associational parliamentarian. He was the chairman of the AMA Planning and Building Committee that developed the bookstore and printing shop which still functions at 4605 N Stateline Ave. in Texarkana, Texas.<ref name=glover/> To many, his ministerial workload would have seemed crushing, for he still met his postal duties until 1951, a situation referred to as a "bivocational pastor". At the time, no Missionary Baptist pastor earned more than the $100 gross per month paid to [[Benjamin M. Bogard]], a leading figure in the denomination, by the Antioch Missionary Baptist Church in Little Rock.<ref>Hathorn, p. 133</ref>

When the American Baptist Association was organized on December 10, 1924, Glover was a delegate or messenger from the Big Creek Missionary Baptist Church in Sheridan. He had previously attended the "unification meeting" at Texarkana in March 1924. Thereafter until his death, he missed only two ABA sessions. He was moderator of the Pine Bluff Association for twenty-five years, beginning in 1939, and he moderated the state association meetings from 1942 to 1948. He was the president of the American Baptist Association from 1941 until 1946, and then by his request for one more session in 1952 after a split developed in the association.  For the rest of his useful life, Glover was the associational parliamentarian. He was the chairman of the AMA Planning and Building Committee that developed the bookstore and printing shop which still functions at 4605 N Stateline Ave. in Texarkana, Texas.<ref name=glover/> To many, his ministerial workload would have seemed crushing, for he still met his postal duties until 1951, a situation referred to as a "bivocational pastor". At the time, no Missionary Baptist pastor earned more than the $100 gross per month paid to [[Benjamin M. Bogard]], a leading figure in the denomination, by the Antioch Missionary Baptist Church in Little Rock.<ref>Hathorn, p. 133</ref>

Glover launched his first pastorate in November 1924 at Little Creek Church in Sheridan, Arkansas. In 1925, he was also in service as the pastor on a part-time basis of two other nearby churches. Therefore, he was simultaneously the pastor of three churches -- Little Creek, 1925-1926, Fairview in Saline County, 1926-1927, and Smyrna in Lincoln County, 1926-1927. In 1926, he led in the organization of what is now the Olive Street Baptist Church in Pine Bluff and continued as pastor there until 1931, when he accepted the pastorate of the First Baptist Church in Sheridan, which then held services on two Sunday mornings per month but every Sunday evening. He preached at Harmony Church in Prattsville, where he had surrendered to the ministry, the other two Sunday mornings and was hence considered half-time at each congregation. From 1931 to 1947, Glover was the pastor of the Oak Grove Missionary Baptist Church near Rison in Cleveland County for two Sunday mornings and one Saturday evening each month. After leaving First Baptist in Sheridan, he was quickly called by the Philadelphia Missionary Baptist Church near Prattsville, where he pastored for another eight years. He was also called as pastor of Sardis Missionary Baptist Church at Grapevine in Grant County, where he served from 1939 until 1951. During the same period, he served Sweet Home Missionary Baptist Church in Prattsville, where he preached on Saturday and Sunday afternoons. From 1945 to 1947, Glover held still another pastorate at the Springhill Church, now a [[Southern Baptist Convention]] congregation at Greenbrier in Faulkner County, Arkansas.<ref name=glover/>

Glover launched his first pastorate in November 1924 at Little Creek Church in Sheridan, Arkansas. In 1925, he was also in service as the pastor on a part-time basis of two other nearby churches. Therefore, he was simultaneously the pastor of three churches -- Little Creek, 1925-1926, Fairview in Saline County, 1926-1927, and Smyrna in Lincoln County, 1926-1927. In 1926, he led in the organization of what is now the Olive Branch Baptist Church in Pine Bluff and continued as pastor there until 1931, when he accepted the pastorate of the First Baptist Church in Sheridan, which then held services on two Sunday mornings per month but every Sunday evening. He preached at Harmony Church in Prattsville, where he had surrendered to the ministry, the other two Sunday mornings and was hence considered half-time at each congregation. From 1931 to 1947, Glover was the pastor of the Oak Grove Missionary Baptist Church near Rison in Cleveland County for two Sunday mornings and one Saturday evening each month. After leaving First Baptist in Sheridan, he was quickly called by the Philadelphia Missionary Baptist Church near Prattsville, where he pastored for another eight years. He was also called as pastor of Sardis Missionary Baptist Church at Grapevine in Grant County, where he served from 1939 until 1951. During the same period, he served Sweet Home Missionary Baptist Church in Prattsville, where he preached on Saturday and Sunday afternoons. From 1945 to 1947, Glover held still another pastorate at the Springhill Church, now a [[Southern Baptist Convention]] congregation at Greenbrier in Faulkner County, Arkansas.<ref name=glover/>

In 1939, Glover led in the organization of First Immanuel Missionary Baptist Church in Pine Bluff and served there until 1940, when he started what became First Landmark Missionary Baptist Church in Gould in Jefferson County. He was the pastor at First Landmark from 1947 to 1953, when he assumed the leadership of the Bethany Missionary Baptist Church west of Pine Bluff. After serving at Bethany for twelve years, Glover planned to retire from the pastoral ministry. However, the Marlow Missionary Baptist Church, ten miles north of Sheridan, called him as pastor, and he served there from 1963 until 1968.<ref name=glover/>

In 1939, Glover led in the organization of First Immanuel Missionary Baptist Church in Pine Bluff and served there until 1940, when he started what became First Landmark Missionary Baptist Church in Gould in Jefferson County. He was the pastor at First Landmark from 1947 to 1953, when he assumed the leadership of the Bethany Missionary Baptist Church west of Pine Bluff. After serving at Bethany for twelve years, Glover planned to retire from the pastoral ministry. However, the Marlow Missionary Baptist Church, ten miles north of Sheridan, called him as pastor, and he served there from 1963 until 1968.<ref name=glover/>