As noted, Janice Mirikitani’s first job at Glide, in 1964, was transcribing taped recordings made by victims of police brutality. She recalls: “[F]rom the first day I was in shock

The Glide Urban Center was part of a national movement among the nation’s religious organizations to focus on social justice. “Social concerns dominated the country’s ministry in a way that

An extraordinary extent of the Glide Urban Center’s early work was focused on issues related to queer communities, as Dr. Susan Stryker, LGBTQ historian, summarizes: Glide Memorial Church was the

Janice Mirikitani joined the Glide staff in 1964 when she responded to an advertisement for a temporary typing job.169 She was an atheist and wary of organized religion. Cecil Williams

Rev. Cecil Williams describes the Tenderloin when he first arrived at Glide in 1964: People called the Tenderloin District in San Francisco “the last circle of hell,” because no matter

In 1968, during his retirement ceremony, Bishop Tippett described Glide under the direction of Tippett, Durham, McIlvenna, and the Reverend A. Cecil Williams, as “the realization of a lifelong dream….

Bishop Donald Tippett was responsible for another watershed moment for the Glide Foundation and Glide Memorial Church. As the Glide Evangelistic Training School grew over the years it morphed into

Glide Evangelistic Training School Bishop Donald Tippett was appointed to the Board of Trustees in late 1949. Pastor John H. Kenney was hired in February 1950 to replace a former

Meeting minutes from this period paint a picture of how difficult it was to operate a downtown church. Lizzie Glide betted on the downtown location for convenience and access to

Glide Memorial Church’s first congregation was transferred from Fitzgerald Memorial Church (960 Bush Street), about six blocks from Glide.78 Fitzgerald Church closed as soon as Glide Memorial Church opened. The