Rev. Dr. Willis Glover, Sr.

Pastor Glover is joined by his wife, Rev. Cheryl Glover along with our other Associate Reverends and Deacons.

Rev. Willis Glover, Sr., is a native of Charleston, South Carolina. He is the son of the late Mr. Abraham and Mrs. Louise Williams and is the fifth child of fourteen. He is a graduate of Charles Allen Brown High School. He is married to the former Cheryl Johnson and through this union are the proud parents of two sons and one daughter. He is also the grandfather of two. He is employed as a Manager of the Circle K Corporation.

Rev. Glover attended Gethsemane Baptist Church as a young boy. On October 8, 1987 he received his license to preach the gospel and on November 13, 1988 he received his Certificate of Ordination.

In 1989 Rev. Glover was chosen as Assistant Pastor of Gethsemane Baptist Church. He served as the Field Missionary for the Cooper River Association for two years and later as interim pastor of Mt. Olive Baptist Church due to the illness of the late Rev. Thomas Prioleau.

On January 31,1993,Rev. Willis Glover,Sr. was installed as the Pastor of Mt. Olive Baptist Church. His Christian leadership ministry began and continues today. He came to aid in promoting the programs already in existence and to use God's vision for the church's future development of new programs and growth. This past January Rev. Glover celebrated 25 years as pastor of Mt. Olive Baptist Church.

Rev. Glover was the former president of the Fifth Sunday Union. He is a member of the SC Coalition for Black Voter Participation and received a certificate of completion for Trident Health System Stephen Ministry and served in their volunteer program at Trident Medical Hospital. He is an Executive Board Member for the Cooper River Baptist Association;past President and Vice President of the Cooper River Sunday School BTU Convention;a member of the National Baptist Convention USA,Inc.; member of the Emancipation Proclamation, and completed the End of Life Care at MUSC. Rev. Glover received his Bachelors of Arts Degree in Religious Education in 2011 from the Canaan Bible College (currently Campbell Bible College). He received an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters in 2013 from Campbell Bible College.

With the help of the Lord, Rev.Glover continues to teach and proclaim the gospel remembering the words of Jesus in John 3:14,"And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness,even,so must the Son of Man be lifted up..." and John 12:32, "And I if I be lifted up from the earth,will draw all men unto me."

Mission StatementMt. Olive Baptist Church is called to proclaim the Gospel of Christ. As a Missionary Church, we are consecrated to the Salvation of the Last Conversion of the undegenerated. We pledge our lives to Christ and Covenant with each other to demonstrate his spirit through worship, witnessing and, ministering to the needs of the people of the Church and the community.

HAVING been led, as we believe, by the Spirit of God to receive the Lord Jesus Christ as our Savior, and on the profession of our Savior, having been baptized in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, we do now in the presence of God, angels, and this assembly, most solemnly and joyfully enter into convenant with one another, as one body in Christ.

WE ENGAGE, THEREFORE, by the aid of the Holy Spirit, to walk together in Christian love; to strive for the advancement of this church in knowledge, holiness and comfort; to promote its prosperity and spirituality; to sustain its worship, ordinances, disciplines and doctrines; to contribute cheerfully and regularly to the support of the ministry, the expenses of the church, the relief of the poor, and the spread of the Gospel throughout all nations.

WE ALSO ENGAGE to maintain family and secret devotions; to religiously educate our children; to seek the salvation of our kindred and acquaintances; to walk circumspectly in the world; to be just in our dealings; faithful in or engagements, and exemplary in our deportment; to avoid all tattling, backbiting, and excessive anger; to abstain from the sale and use of intoxicating drinks as beverage and drugs; and to be zealous in our efforts to advance the kingdom of our Savior.

WE FURTHER ENGAGE to watch over one another in brotherly; to remember each other in prayer; to aid each other in sickness and distress; to cultivate Christian sympathy in feeling and courtesy in speech; to be slow to take offense, but always ready for reconciliation, and mindful of the rules of our Savior, to secure it without delay.

WE MOREOVER ENGAGE that, when we remove from this place, we will, as soon as possible, unite with some other church, where we can carry out the spirit of this covenant and the principles of God's Word.

And now unto him, who brought again from the dead, Our Lord Jesus, be Power and Glory forever.  AMEN.