MCC Statements of Vision, Purpose, and Direction
MCC Statement of
Vision
Metropolitan Community Churches are on a bold mission to transform
hearts, lives, and
history. We are a movement that
faithfully proclaims God’s inclusive
love for all people and proudly bears witness to the
holy integration of spirituality and
sexuality.
Just as Jesus did, we are called to:
- Do justice, show kindness, and live humbly with
God. (Micah 6:8)
- Explore life’s questions with open hearts and
minds.
- Raise our voices in sacred defiance against
religious (and political or systemic) exclusion.
- Reach out to those with no hope.
- Lift up new generations of remarkable, far-reaching
spiritual activists.
MCC Statement of Purpose
As God’s liberated
people, we boldly . . .
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Reclaim our Holy
Identity
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At MCC,we believe that even in our humanness, we are holy. We are
liberated from other
people’s definitions of who we are. We are made
both body and
spirit. We believe that our sexuality is a
holy gift from God so we no longer distance our bodies from
our experience with God. We are a people who proudly participate
in the communion of body and spirit.
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Advance our call to Social
Justice and Action
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At MCC, we believe that Jesus
led the way in acts of compassion and acts of
justice. Because we have been a people in
the margins of society, we understand fully the grace that God has
extended to us. We seek to distance ourselves from exclusion
and draw ourselves closer to including all those who are
marginalized in any way. We stand boldly with those
who resist
the structures
of exclusion, as Jesus did, and work
to insure
freedom for all people. In the margins,
we are blessed.
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Tell the story of
God’s Transforming Grace
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At MCC, we come as we
are to Christ and are changed by what we find. We
experience a God with open arms, inviting all to take the
sacred
journey of faith and transformation. We are
growing in our faith
and claim that our place in society has magnified our
place in God’s family. We are one of the many
voices of God that, until now, has been lost in the
margins!
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Nurture the value of
Community
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At MCC, we believe our ultimate
ministry is in the world. We know that in order
to prepare
ourselves for radical service that changes lives, we must
equip ourselves and others in the safety of a
supportive
community. We strive to live out a message
that rejects the idea that any are
excluded from the family of God.
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Build bridges that
Liberate and Unite
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At MCC, we have experienced the soul
destruction that comes from hate filled
rhetoric. In restoring our souls, we
have come to find that our voices will speak the liberation
that comes through peace, compassion, love,
respect
and grace. As
followers of Jesus, we believe ineveryone’s holy
privilege to work out their own salvation.
While we are a Christian church who follows Jesus, we
respect those of other faith traditions and work
together with them to free all those who are oppressed by
hate, disregard and violence.
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MCC Statement of
Direction
MCC has staked
its claim. As one of the
world’s emerging churches,
we are proclaiming a spirituality that is liberating and sufficiently
profound to address the issues of our chaotic and complicated world. We
live out our belief that in the margins we are blessed and
we are offering multiple ways for people to access our message of
liberation and inclusion. Through church planting, church
revitalization, alliances, the internet, and our work in acts of
compassion and justice, we will
expand our reach substantially over the next few years. MCC
will become a name known to an increasing number of
people as a place where all are welcomed and
our service to those who
are excluded is a primary focus of our ministry . We will be leaders in the world about
the union of spirituality and sexuality by
articulating our message and spreading it
effectively.
Also see our Core Values...
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