Karen Oliveto

Glide Church

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Senior Pastor at Glide Church in San Francisco

Karen Oliveto on KCRW

The United Methodist Church is America's third largest faith group after the Catholic Church and the Southern Baptist Convention, and like them, it's struggling over LGBT rights.

United Methodists Divided over LGBT Rights

The United Methodist Church is America's third largest faith group after the Catholic Church and the Southern Baptist Convention, and like them, it's struggling over LGBT rights.

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