MCC's 36th Anniversary Month
October 2004

"A Legacy of Faith...
                    A Future of Hope!"

36th Anniversary Letter
from Rev. Elder Troy Perry

How Did MCC Begin?
a Four-part Series:

In 1968, a year before New York's Stonewall Riots, a series of most unlikely events in Southern California resulted in the birth of the world's first church group with a primary, positive ministry to gays, lesbians, bisexual, and transgender persons.

Those events -- a failed relationship, an attempted suicide, a reconnection with God, an unexpected prophecy, and the birth of a dream -- led to MCC's first worship service: a gathering of 12 people in Rev. Troy Perry's living room in Huntington Park, California.

And that first worship service in a Los Angeles suburb in 1968 launched the international movement of Metropolitan Community Churches, which today has grown to 43,000 members and adherents in almost 300 congregations in 22 countries. During the past 36 years, MCC's prophetic witness has forever changed the face of Christianity and helped to fuel the international struggle for GBLT rights and equality


These edited excerpts are from "The Lord Is My Shepherd, And He Knows I'm Gay" authored by MCC Founder and Moderator, Rev. Troy D. Perry. The book is available now on-line click here for info

PART ONE        PART TWO        PART THREE        PART FOUR

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Jim Birkitt, Director of Communications
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