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Metropolitan Community Church
On an autumn Sunday morning in 1968 a twice-defrocked gay Pentecostal minister welcomed twelve people into his living room for a worship service. From that distinctly modest beginning the Metropolitan Community Church (MCC) has grown into a worldwide ministry with over forty thousand members in eighteen countries. Origins The Reverend Troy Perry felt the call…
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Christian Denominations and Gays
These links were originally from glbtq.com – once an excellent encyclopedia of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, & queer culture but now archived. Used with Permission. While denominations such as the Metropolitan Community Church and the Unitarian Universalists welcome full participation by glbtq members and clergy, others are divided over glbtq issues, and some are ardent…
The Difference Between a Welcoming Church and an Affirming One Is Huge
April 30, 2018 – A survivor of “conversion therapy” tries to find a church that doesn’t just tolerate, but embraces. The church service was exactly how I remembered it as a child. I raised my hands in praise as the worship team sang songs I had heard on the radio every day of my childhood….
Gay Couple Will Lead Historic DC Church With A Vision Of Justice
A 155-year-old Baptist church in Washington DC recently named a married, gay couple to be its senior ministers with unanimous approval from its congregation. Calvary Baptist Church announced the hiring of Sally Sarratt and Maria Swearingen as the new senior ministers during a service on Sunday. Sarratt and Swearingen, who were legally married in 2014…
The Story of the Gospel Told Through Film
by the Jesus Film Project for many wonderful, well-done videos, available to stream or download.Β In English and 195 other languages.