On Sunday mornings at Glide Memorial United Methodist Church in the rough-edged Tenderloin district of San Francisco, the sanctuary is always rocking to old-school gospel music.
"It's so good to come together," Pastor Cecil Williams declares. His is a diverse congregation - white and African American, gay and straight, young and elderly.
For four decades Pastor Williams has been an outspoken advocate for the city's poor and marginalised. On one bright October Sunday recently, he preached a sermon on compassion and the need for social justice.
"You affirm who you are when you stand up for others in need," Williams told his flock. "And you can say, we are going to change this old world to a new world." (more)
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