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Glide Foundation Countersues United Methodist Church

By Roger RobartsPosted on February 28, 2019Posted in California, National News, News, San Francisco, San Francisco Community, San Francisco Politics, U.S. NewsTagged Glide Memorial Church, Roger Robarts, San Francisco

San Francisco – Glide Foundation countersues Cal-Nevada Annual Conference of United Methodist Church, Bishop Minerva G. Carcaño. Glide’s assets held in trust for the People of San Francisco, not United Methodist Church. Lizzie Glide put her 330 Ellis Street property into a charitable trust in 1929 so it could be used for religious, charitable, and […]

Glide Memorial Church Target Of United Methodist Church’s Hostile Takeover Attempt In San Francisco

By Zennie AbrahamPosted on August 27, 2018Posted in California, National News, News, Oakland Community, Oakland News, Religion, San Francisco, U.S. NewsTagged Glide Memorial Church, San Francisco, United Methodist Church, Zennie Abraham

Financially troubled United Methodist Church should leave Glide Memorial Church alone. At the corner of Glide Memorial Church and Glide Foundation in San Francisco, the cornerstone reads: “A house of prayer for all people.” Glide Memorial Church (best known by the work of now former pastor Cecil Williams and recently used as a “demonstration safe injection […]