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1960s: Death and Rebirth
In 1963, winds of change were blowing mightily through San Francisco. Nowhere
were these forces of transformation more visible than at Glide Memorial Church.
That year, a young African-American minister named Cecil Williams came to Glide
determined to bring life back into the dying congregation. Cecil changed both
the policies and practices of the conservative church, helping to create the
Council on Religion and Homosexuality in 1964. In 1967, Cecil ordered the cross
removed from the sanctuary, exhorting the congregation instead to celebrate life
and living.
http://www.Glide.org/
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