Video Release: Garner at Prayer Hour Press Conference
3rd February, 2010 - Posted by admin - 1 Comment
View this video coverage of Rev. Elder Darlene Garner speaking at the American Prayer Hour Press Conference. Read More
Metropolitan Community Churches (MCC) Partners with the U.S. Census Bureau to Support the 2010 Census
18th February, 2010 - Posted by admin - No Comments
If you do not reside in the U.S., click here! As part of our commitment to social justice, beloved community, radical inclusion and spiritual transformation, MCC is partnering with the U.S. Census Bureau and Our Families Count to spread the word about the importance of the 2010 Census to our U.S.-based churches and local communities. » Read More
The American Prayer Hour (USA) – Call to Prayer
2nd February, 2010 - Posted by admin - No Comments
INTRODUCTION: Last week, Metropolitan Community Churches united with other prominent human rights advocacy groups in a joint call for prayer regarding a recent bill proposed in Uganda which would legalize the persecution and/or killing of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people. Today, MCC Elder, Rev. Darlene Garner, addressed a press conference announcing February 4th » Read More
Report from Africa, MCC and Global Justice
23rd January, 2010 - Posted by nwilsonadmin - No Comments
The following is from an email I received today from Rev. Elder Diane Fisher, who is traveling in Africa with Rev. Pat Bumgardner: Africa is going well and we had a fabulous meeting last night with the church and other groups they work with in Cape Town. Today we went to Helping Hands in the » Read More
Martin Luther King Day — Then and Now
17th January, 2010 - Posted by nwilsonadmin - 1 Comment
January 17, 1994 was Martin Luther King Day in the US. At 4:32 in the morning, a violent earthquake shook Los Angeles, centered in Northridge. It was a “double thrust fault,” about 6.2. Many structures collapsed. Miraculously, because of retro-fitting, not too many were destroyed, and less than 200 people died. Freeways collapsed in several » Read More
ACTION REMINDER: MCC Calls for Continued Focus on Haiti
15th January, 2010 - Posted by admin - No Comments
Action Reminder Office of the Moderator For Immediate Release: 15 January 2010 from Moderator of Metropolitan Community Churches Metropolitan Community Churches Calls for Continued Focus on Haiti WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE! The conditions in Haiti continue to worsen as the dead and injured are found under mountains of rubble. Yet, even as more people are » Read More
HAITI
14th January, 2010 - Posted by nwilsonadmin - No Comments
I woke up this morning, thinking of people in Haiti who spent the night on the streets. Having survived a horrific earthquake in Los Angeles, January 17, 1994, I know the terror of an earthquake. But, we had retro-fitting, infrastructure, water, shelter, and easy access to medical care and heavy equipment. When our church collapsed, » Read More
MCC Calls for Prayer and Support for Malawian Gay Couple
13th January, 2010 - Posted by admin - 1 Comment
Prayer Alert Office of the Moderator Metropolitan Community Churches 13 January 2010 Moderator of Metropolitan Community Churches Calls for Prayer and Letters of Support for Malawian Gay Couple Arrested for Engagement Ceremony “God has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight to those not seeing, to release the oppressed, » Read More
MCC NEWS: Moderator Hail Passage of Marriage Equality in Mexico City
6th January, 2010 - Posted by admin - No Comments
Moderator of Metropolitan Community Churches Hails the Passage of Marriage Equality in Mexico City Mexico City became the first city in Latin America to legalise same-gender marriage on Monday, December 21st, with a revision to its civil code, defining marriage as “the free uniting of two people.” “Many of our brothers and sisters worked hard » Read More
ACTION ALERT: MCC Statement on Uganda Anti-Homosexuality Bill
6th January, 2010 - Posted by admin - 1 Comment
Please read the following statement from Metropolitan Community Churches written by Rev. Elder Dr. Charles Arehart On behalf of Metropolitan Community Churches worldwide we humbly but boldly remind the world “communion of faiths” and the Ugandan nation that soon after Adolph Hitler came to power in Germany he gave the order that Jews, Homosexuals, and Gypsies » Read More
