The exact date is unknown and the earliest date on record is 1852. This little town was known at that time as Palestine and the name was changed to Glass in the latter part of the 19th century in honor of Senator Glass.
Tradition says the first building of logs was blown down by a tornado.
In 1870, J. H. Wells deeded land to the church and this is the site of the present building. At that time a frame building was erected and this building burned in 1904 and was replaced with a brick structure. One Sunday morning in 1928 the wood part of the building burned and parts of the present building were erected. Some of the pioneer members were P. A. Wright, T. H. Mills, Jesse Wells, Rufus Woody and A.K. Wells. With the growth from the preaching of .