Metropolitan Community Churches
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Metropolitan Community Churches (MCC) is a movement & a denomination that is open to all who wish to share & live into God's inclusive and life-changing love.
In case you missed it, read the joint statement of major American religious traditions, including the Metropolitan Community Church denomination, on supporting trans, intersex, and nonbinary people here: www.uua.org/pressroom/pr...
November 14, 2025 at 1:20 PM
In case you missed it, read the joint statement of major American religious traditions, including the Metropolitan Community Church denomination, on supporting trans, intersex, and nonbinary people here: www.uua.org/pressroom/pr...
To see the full statement, visit:
www.uua.org/pressroom/pr...
www.uua.org/pressroom/pr...
www.uua.org
November 13, 2025 at 3:39 PM
To see the full statement, visit:
www.uua.org/pressroom/pr...
www.uua.org/pressroom/pr...
Our Core Values of inclusion, community, spiritual transformation, and justice are lived out in how we make a place at God’s table for everyone and challenge the oppressions that prevent us from fully living out the fullness that God’s unconditional love offers to us all.
November 13, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Our Core Values of inclusion, community, spiritual transformation, and justice are lived out in how we make a place at God’s table for everyone and challenge the oppressions that prevent us from fully living out the fullness that God’s unconditional love offers to us all.
MCC celebrates and affirms the lives and ministry of those who identify as transgender, nonbinary, intersex, gender non-conforming, and gender expansive people; within and beyond MCC.
November 13, 2025 at 3:39 PM
MCC celebrates and affirms the lives and ministry of those who identify as transgender, nonbinary, intersex, gender non-conforming, and gender expansive people; within and beyond MCC.
Metropolitan Community Churches (MCC) is an international Christian denomination rooted in and reaching beyond the LGBTQIA+ communities. We are a global movement of spiritually, sexually, and gender diverse people who are fully awake to God’s enduring unconditional love.
November 13, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Metropolitan Community Churches (MCC) is an international Christian denomination rooted in and reaching beyond the LGBTQIA+ communities. We are a global movement of spiritually, sexually, and gender diverse people who are fully awake to God’s enduring unconditional love.
Our faiths, our theologies, and our practices of prophetic witness call on us to say with one voice to transgender people among us: ‘You are holy. You are sacred. We love you. We support you, and we will protect you.’”
November 13, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Our faiths, our theologies, and our practices of prophetic witness call on us to say with one voice to transgender people among us: ‘You are holy. You are sacred. We love you. We support you, and we will protect you.’”
When people of faith and conscience speak out against that which violates the sacred in its own name, we have the power to stay the hand of sin and suffering,” says the signers of the statement. “Transgender, nonbinary, and intersex people are vulnerable today.
November 13, 2025 at 3:39 PM
When people of faith and conscience speak out against that which violates the sacred in its own name, we have the power to stay the hand of sin and suffering,” says the signers of the statement. “Transgender, nonbinary, and intersex people are vulnerable today.
Additionally, the signers highlight the importance of religious leaders speaking out against oppression and in defense of American democratic values. “When people of faith and conscience stay silent in the face of oppression, we are all made less whole.
November 13, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Additionally, the signers highlight the importance of religious leaders speaking out against oppression and in defense of American democratic values. “When people of faith and conscience stay silent in the face of oppression, we are all made less whole.
As such, we raise our voices in solidarity and unequivocally proclaim the holiness of transgender, nonbinary, and intersex people, and the entire spectrum of gender identity and expression,” the statement says.
November 13, 2025 at 3:39 PM
As such, we raise our voices in solidarity and unequivocally proclaim the holiness of transgender, nonbinary, and intersex people, and the entire spectrum of gender identity and expression,” the statement says.
“Our scriptures vary, but they share a common conviction that we must give voice to those who are silenced and make justice our aim. Our shared values, held across many faiths, teach us that we are all children of God and that we must cultivate a discipline of hope, especially in difficult times.
November 13, 2025 at 3:39 PM
“Our scriptures vary, but they share a common conviction that we must give voice to those who are silenced and make justice our aim. Our shared values, held across many faiths, teach us that we are all children of God and that we must cultivate a discipline of hope, especially in difficult times.
The statement acknowledges that while the signers come from different religious traditions, they share a common concern in protecting those experiencing persecution.
November 13, 2025 at 3:39 PM
The statement acknowledges that while the signers come from different religious traditions, they share a common concern in protecting those experiencing persecution.
Let it be known instead that our beloveds are created in the image of God – Holy and whole,” says the statement, which is directed to the American public, political leaders, and moral teachers.
November 13, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Let it be known instead that our beloveds are created in the image of God – Holy and whole,” says the statement, which is directed to the American public, political leaders, and moral teachers.
“During a time when our country is placing their lives under increasingly serious threat, there is a disgraceful misconception that people of faith don't affirm the full spectrum of gender.
November 13, 2025 at 3:39 PM
“During a time when our country is placing their lives under increasingly serious threat, there is a disgraceful misconception that people of faith don't affirm the full spectrum of gender.
The statement is signed by 10 religious leaders, and includes additional information from each signer explaining the basis of support from their tradition.
November 13, 2025 at 3:39 PM
The statement is signed by 10 religious leaders, and includes additional information from each signer explaining the basis of support from their tradition.
Metropolitan Community Church (MCC) and its moderator, Rev. Elder Cecilia Eggleston are joining heads of diverse religious trade in issuing a landmark statement proclaiming that transgender, intersex, and nonbinary people are worthy of love, support, and protection.
November 13, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Metropolitan Community Church (MCC) and its moderator, Rev. Elder Cecilia Eggleston are joining heads of diverse religious trade in issuing a landmark statement proclaiming that transgender, intersex, and nonbinary people are worthy of love, support, and protection.
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November 12, 2025 at 5:24 AM
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“But we know this is not the end of our fight. We must be vigilant in asserting and protecting our hard-fought right to marriage equality, and to full equality of all rights for LGBTQ+ people worldwide.”
November 11, 2025 at 10:01 AM
“But we know this is not the end of our fight. We must be vigilant in asserting and protecting our hard-fought right to marriage equality, and to full equality of all rights for LGBTQ+ people worldwide.”
“I thank God that the Supreme Court declined to take up Kim Davis' bogus lawsuit, which she has repeatedly lost in the lower courts,” said Rev. Elder Rich Hendricks, a member of MCC’s Council of Elders.
November 11, 2025 at 10:01 AM
“I thank God that the Supreme Court declined to take up Kim Davis' bogus lawsuit, which she has repeatedly lost in the lower courts,” said Rev. Elder Rich Hendricks, a member of MCC’s Council of Elders.
“Our denomination was founded in 1968, and performed the first public same-sex union a year later,” said MCC Moderator Rev. Elder Cecilia Eggleston. “We have celebrated each milestone in the work for marriage equality around the world and, today, we applaud the wisdom of the SCOTUS Justices.”
November 11, 2025 at 10:01 AM
“Our denomination was founded in 1968, and performed the first public same-sex union a year later,” said MCC Moderator Rev. Elder Cecilia Eggleston. “We have celebrated each milestone in the work for marriage equality around the world and, today, we applaud the wisdom of the SCOTUS Justices.”