Biography

Glen was born in Basseterre, St. Kitts West Indies the youngest of three boys and three girls. The Podd family came to England when Glen was just 2 years old settling in Beeston, Leeds. They had a difficult time being strangers in a new country. Never the less Glen enjoyed Dewsbury Road Primary School where he played for the football team as he also did in Matthew Murray Comprehensive School. He left senior school with 9 O’levels and graduated from Leeds Polytechnic with an HND in Business Studies in 1979.

In September 1979 he began his first job as a Company Secretary for a clothing retailer, where he stayed for 8 years. He then became a Financial Controller for a house-floor company in Dewsbury for 8 months until he left for Elim Bible College in 1988.

Glen always believed in God but only became a committed Christian in 1977 as a result of his mothers prayers and his sisters persistence. It was at a youth crusade called “The Whole Story” hosted by Rev David Watson in Leeds Town Hall. Having had a revelation of Christ he never looked back. He began worshipping at the Elim Pentecostal Church in Leeds called ‘Bridgestreet’. He joined the youth group and served on the youth committee from 1979, becoming the Youth Leader in 1981. There he met Gillian who he married in 1985. In 1988 they left for Elim Bible College in Nantwich, Cheshire for 3 years training to be an Elim Minister. In 1991 he was posted to Ilford, London where he assisted for 7 years. They had 3 children there, all girls, Hannah, Sarah and Rachel. In 1998 he became the Minister of the Elim Church in Romford, Essex where he is still serving today.

It was only after becoming a Christian that he began to write songs inspired by his new relationship with God and his deep desire to communicate the truth of the gospel with other people. The “Good News” album is a collection of some of those original songs and Glen’s desire remains the same, to share the life transforming message of the gospel, good news!