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==Background==

==Background==

Bryant was born in Shawnee in Pottawatomie County in central [[Oklahoma]], to Charles L. Bryant (1888-1925), who died when Glenn was only three years of age, and the former Eva Poe. In 1941, he accepted [[salvation]] and surrendered his life to the ministry of [[Jesus Christ]]. He received a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree from Oklahoma Baptist University in Shawnee and three seminary degrees, including [[Doctor of Theology]] from the Central Baptist Theological Seminary,<ref name=obit/> an [[Independent Baptist]] institution founded in 1956 in Plymouth, [[Minnesota]], fifteen miles west of [[Minneapolis]].  

Bryant was born in Shawnee in Pottawatomie County in central [[Oklahoma]], to Charles L. Bryant (1888-1925), who died when Glenn was only three years of age, and the former Eva Poe. In 1941, he accepted [[salvation]] and surrendered his life to the ministry of [[Jesus Christ]]. He received a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree from Oklahoma Baptist University in Shawnee and three seminary degrees, including Doctor of Theology from the Central Baptist Theological Seminary,<ref name=obit/> an [[Independent Baptist]] institution founded in 1956 in Plymouth, [[Minnesota]], fifteen miles west of [[Minneapolis]].  

==Career==

==Career==

From 1943 to 1965, Bryant was the pastor of five congregations, First Baptist churches of Asher and St. Louis, both lin Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, Fairport in DeKalb County in northwestern [[Missouri]], the Grant Avenue Baptist Church in [[Springfeld, Missouri|Springfield]] in southwestern Missouri, and the Emmanuel Baptist Church in downtown Alexandria, Louisiana. For twenty-three years, he was affiliated with the Louisiana Baptist Foundation, from which he retired in 1987 as the executive director. From 1980 to 1981, he was the annual president of the Association of Foundation Executives within the [[Southern Baptist Convention]], based in [[Nashville]], [[Tennessee]].<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25982355/glenn-earl-bryant |title=Glenn Earl Bryant|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=July 27, 2018}}</ref>

From 1943 to 1965, Bryant was the pastor of five congregations, First Baptist churches of Asher and St. Louis, both lin Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, Fairport in DeKalb County in northwestern [[Missouri]], the Grant Avenue Baptist Church in [[Springfield, Missouri|Springfield]] in southwestern Missouri, and the Emmanuel Baptist Church in downtown Alexandria, Louisiana. For twenty-three years, he was affiliated with the Louisiana Baptist Foundation, from which he retired in 1987 as the executive director. From 1980 to 1981, he was the annual president of the Association of Foundation Executives within the [[Southern Baptist Convention]], based in [[Nashville]], [[Tennessee]].<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25982355/glenn-earl-bryant |title=Glenn Earl Bryant|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=July 27, 2018}}</ref>

After leaving Emmanuel church as pastor, he was an interm pastor of eighteen area churches from 1965 to 1995,<ref name=obit/> including the small First Baptist congregation in [[rural]] Montgomery in Grant Parish north of Alexandria. From 1978 to 1979, Bryant was a member of the Rapides Regional Medical Board and was the nterim chaplain for that group in 1993.<ref name=obit/>  

After leaving Emmanuel church as pastor, he was an interm pastor of eighteen area churches from 1965 to 1995,<ref name=obit/> including the small First Baptist congregation in [[rural]] Montgomery in Grant Parish north of Alexandria. From 1978 to 1979, Bryant was a member of the Rapides Regional Medical Board and was the nterim chaplain for that group in 1993.<ref name=obit/>