About Our Pastor:

Glenn D. Bone, III is Pastor of the Good Seed Ministries based in the Chicago, IL Pastor Glenn as he is known serves as the Senior Pastor of the GSM. Pastor Glenn is in his 7th year as a pastor, but has worked in ministries throughout Chicago and the US as a ministry leader and Financial Advisor.

Good Seed Ministries, which began 7 years ago with 8 members, has grown to over 300 in just 2 years under his leadership. Pastor Rick Warren the author of the book “The Purpose Driven Life” awarded the prestigious “Church Health Award” to Good Seed Ministries.  This award was given to only 66 churches worldwide.

Rev. Bone was a Financial Planner and had over 15 years of securities and financial experience, having worked in the mortgage and financing industry in Chicago as well as in Monterey, And California.

Rev. Bone received his formal education in finance from Roosevelt University as well as Monterey Peninsula College in California.  In conjunction with the College of Financial Planning in Denver, he attended Roosevelt University in Chicago to obtain the CFP designation.  He also held insurance and securities licenses in Illinois

Rev Bone was a Lecturer for the Chicago City Colleges where he taught financial planning and Internet classes in the Adult Education Program.  He is a frequent speaker for businesses, community groups, investment clubs, chambers of commerce, colleges, and churches where he presents seminars on over 39 financial topics.  He also served as the Program Director of the $martkids Financial Literacy Program that has worked with over 6000 students in the City of Chicago and Pasadena Unified School District in Los Angeles teaching Financial Literacy to our next generation.

Rev. Bone has been a guest on several radio and television programs in Chicago as well as in California. Rev. Bone was the host of a weekly radio show “Living A Life On Purpose” which is heard weekly on AM1570 in Chicago. Glenn has been a staff writer for the Windy City Word a African American Newspaper based in the Austin Community.  His articles were offered nationwide to the 200 or more African American Newspapers nationwide through the NNPA and the Internet.

Glenn served as a Project Developer for Austin Peoples Action Center where he developed the Austin Entrepreneur Project.  This project serves as a catalyst for small business development and job creation for the Austin Community.  

He was an active member of the International Association of Financial Planners, the Institute of Certified Financial Planners and various chambers of commerce.  He is the recipient of the “Outstanding Young Men of America” award for 2 consecutive years; this award represents the top 2% of all the young men in America from the ages of 21 - 40.   His biography was printed in the 24th and 25th annual volumes of the Outstanding Young Men in America.  Mr. Bone is also a recipient of the Marquis Who’s Who in Finance and Industry for four consecutive years.  His biography was printed in the 27th - 30th edition of the Publication.