New to MCC?

Welcome to MCC!  MCC is a global Christian church of loving, affirming and welcoming communities of faith.  We are “Tearing Down Walls” of oppression and injustice in your community and around the world.  Because we are a people of the Good News, we are working with our Divine Creator to “Build Up Hope” among our siblings worldwide.

We are a people of hope.  We are a people of faith.

We welcome you on this lifelong journey and mission!

What are Local MCC’s Like?

Meet an MCCer: Kathy Beasley

Me and MCC – I am…

Director, MCC Communications, Justice and Evangelism | A Leader | Pastoral Resident | Seminarian | Lay Delegate – Joy MCC, Orlando, FL

On a personal note – I am…

A believer in many paths to God | Lesbian | African and Native Heritage | Woman | Theologian | Ordination Candidate | Musician | Writer | Teacher | Valarie’s Partner | Spiritual

Commentary:

Welcome to MCC! My close friends and colleagues call me Beas. My journey with MCC began more than 12 years ago with MCC of the Rockies in Denver, CO and ultimately lead me to Joy MCC in Orlando, FL. Thanks to MCC, I have had the opportunity to bring my life experiences, the call to ordained ministry and my passion for walking with people through the events of their lives into a single vision that I know can make this world a better place. I believe that each one of us is blessed with gifts that afford us daily opportunities to change the world. Through MCC, I get to live into the power of that message of hope to this still awakening world. In MCC, we are family and there is no place like home. We are not complete until you show up, the conversation of hope and justice is not over until your voice rings out until you have joined the chorus, so welcome home.

Our churches are located in over 40 countries on 6 continents and are made up of congregants from many different walks of life.  Because of this, we have a fellowship of churches that celebrate diversity both within their local congregations and among our global community.

Every church is influenced by the congregation members involved.  Every church is influenced by the congregation members involved.  The people sitting near you during worship services may come from a different religious tradition than you do.  Still, we all worship together and celebrate the diversity God creates in us.

As a global church, we share the foundational calling (mission) for a specific and intentional outreach to/with homosexual, bisexual, and transgender people.  Our churches actively minister in their communities to and with LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) people.

We are a church that believes in the priesthood of all believers.  That means, in a nutshell, that when you walk into the church and become an MCC member, you become a messenger the God loves all of God’s children and celebrates our created sexualities, our diversities and our individual uniqueness.

All persons has value and worth and are uniquely gifted to share the Good News with others.  It takes the whole body, clergy and laity, to live out the Good News!

Will I be welcome?

Yes, absolutely.  No matter your religious background (or lack thereof), your race, gender identity, sexual orientation, family makeup, disability…anything – you are welcome in MCC.

What about my family?  Is there a place for my children?

Yes.  You and your family (biological and of choice) are welcome!

Ministry to children and young adults is available in most MCC churches.  If you are feeling uncertain about resources available to you at the church you plan to visit, please contact the pastor or pastoral contact before you go.  Find contact information in our Church Directory.

Meet an MCCer: Angel Celeste Collie

Me and MCC – I am…

Team Lead, MCC Archive and Oral History Project | Co-Lead, MCC Transgender Ministries | LGBT RAN Advisory Committee Member | Religious Studies Student | Activist

On a personal note – I am…

Christian | Queer | Transgender | Activist | Student | Traveler| Body Piercer

Welcome! I’m glad you’ve decided to visit us! I was a Christian for as far back as I can remember and when the church I was raised in rejected me it was MCC who was waiting with open arms. I love MCC because we are a revolutionary movement promoting equality through the sacred combination of Jesus and Justice. MCC’s call to be a voice of unconditional Christ like love and acceptance in the world is what draws me in. All over the world MCC symbolizes something that’s grounded in tradition and truth packaged in a way that is relevant to today’s world. I love that MCC isn’t your Grandparents church but it is a church that even your Grandparents could enjoy and find their spiritual needs met. MCC means so much to me personally because no matter where I go all over the world there is often a church home to go to that welcomes me for my diversity not in spite of it. MCC is a place that understands that Faith without works is dead and through healing inspires action making us a church working towards becoming a beloved community rooted in liberation and Christian social action!

Q & A:  About MCC for Newcomers

Is MCC a gay church? MCC was founded as a Christian church called to be in ministry to/with homosexual people.  As time passed, we built on the original vision given to our founder (Rev. Troy Perry).  MCC has become an all-inclusive fellowship of churches – churches that welcome everyone.
How old is MCC? We were founded in October, 1968 and celebrated our 40th anniversary in 2008.
How did MCC begin? MCC was founded out of the vision and calling of the Rev. Troy Perry.  For more information on the establishment of MCC and our earliest experiences as a church, click here. (link to MCC History)
Does MCC perform gay marriage? MCC believe that marriage should be freely available to all people, everywhere.  Where legal marriage is allowed for homosexual couples, MCC offers marriage ceremonies.  In locations in which gay marriage is not legal, MCC offers Holy Unions – religious ceremonies that recognize the union of a homosexual couple in the house of God.  NOTE:  MCC clergy are able to provide marriage or union ceremonies to any couple, heterosexual and homosexual.

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