Glenn Schwartz was born in York, Pennsylvania in 1938. He was reared on a farm and graduated from high school in 1956. After several years employment, he graduated from Messiah College in Grantham, Pennsylvania.

During the 1960's he served for seven and half years with the Brethren in Christ Church in both Zambia and Zimbabwe (then Rhodesia). In 1973 he earned the Master of Missiology degree from the Fuller Theological Seminary School of World Mission in Pasadena, California. He then served there as Assistant to the Dean and International Student Advisor from 1973 - 1979.

Following several years in commercial business in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Glenn became the founding executive director of World Mission Associates in 1983. WMA is a mission consulting organization which conducts ministry in North America, Latin America, England and Africa.

Glenn has traveled extensively in Africa and Europe and has visited Asia, Australia, the Pacific and Latin America in the interest of missions. He seeks to keep abreast of what our Lord is doing on the larger missionary scene.

He works out of the main office of World Mission Associates in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.  He serves as Executive Director and his wife Verna shares the load as his partner in ministry.  In addition to overseeing WMA administration, he has traveled extensively conducting seminars and consultations on dependency and self-reliance for church and mission leaders. 

Glenn just published his book titled When Charity Destroys Dignity, based on his experience and research of many years working in the mission field.

Glenn and Verna have two married children who live in Pennsylvania.