Background
Flowers, Glen Dale was born on July 2, 1940 in Elberfeld, Indiana, United States. Son of Otis Preston and Anna (Hollingsworth) Flowers.
Flowers, Glen Dale was born on July 2, 1940 in Elberfeld, Indiana, United States. Son of Otis Preston and Anna (Hollingsworth) Flowers.
Bachelor, Carson-Newman College, Jefferson City, Tennessee, 1972. Master of Divinity, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, 1976. Real estate diploma, University Indianapolis, 1982.
Driver United Parcel Service, Evansville, Indiana, 1962-1969. Pastor Mitchell Springs Baptist Church, Rutledge, Tennessee, 1969-1971, Broadway Baptist Church, Princeton, Indiana, 1972-1976, lst Baptist Church, Mooresville, 1976-1985. Evangelist, Jefferson City, 1971-1972.
Pastor Oakhill Baptist Church, Evansville, since 1985. Director BSU and ISUE, University Evansville, 1974-1975. Member national steering committee Festival Religion and Rural Life, Home Missions Board, State Convention Bapts. in Indiana, 1978, member executive board and executive committee, 1978-1980, 86-90, chairman state executive board, 1979-1980.
Member various committees Center Indiana Baptist Association, Sunday school director, 1978-1979, 81-82. Teacher Boyce Bible Center, Monrovia, Indiana, 1984-1985. Member committee on nominations Southern Baptist Convention, 1988-1989.
Instructor, center director Extension Center for Oklahoma Baptist University, Evansville, 1991-1994. Numerous others. With United States Navy, 1958-1961.
Chairman Volunteer Probation Officers for Juvenile Delinquents, Rutledge, 1971. Board directors Mooresville Senior Center, 1983—1984, Morgan County Senior Services, Martinsville, 1983—1985. Founder Annual Ladies' Enrichment Day, Mooresville, 1980—1985.
Chaplain Morgan County Sheriff' General’ s Office and Mooresville Police Department, 1980—1985. Volunteer chaplaincy program Mooresville High School, 1983—1984. Board directors Morgan County Weekday Religious Education, 1983—1984.
Trustee international mission board Southern Baptist Conference, 1992—2000, mission trips to Antigua, Zambia, Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, Malawi, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Swaziland, Guatemala and Ukraine. Member State Convention of Bapts. in Indiana, 2000, president, 2000—2002. Member Southwestern Baptist Association (board directors since 1985).
Married Naomi June Bruce, August 13, 1943. Children: Theresa Lynne Flowers Carr, Robert Preston.