Church History
This congregation grew out of a community church that began meeting in the railroad town of Glidden as early as 1895. In 1906 the Glidden Missionary Baptist Church in Christ was formally organized. Members of the church called their first pastor, Oscar Ferrell, the following year. During the early years, baptisms were held in the Colorado River or in the pits at the railroad roundhouse. Parishoners of Glidden Baptist Church affectionately called themselves "The Outlaw Church" in reference to Jesus breaking the laws of the Pharisees of his day by walking in Grace and Truth.
The Church made history in October of 2019, when it installed its current Pastor, Joel N. Usher, as the first African-American baptist Pastor in the county, of a predominantly white church.
