Metropolitan Community Church

The Metropolitan Community Church (MCC), also known as the Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches (UFMCC), is an international LGBT-affirming mainline Protestant Christian denomination. There are 222 member congregations in 37 countries, and the fellowship has a specific outreach to lesbian, gay, bisexual and/or transgender families and communities.

Metropolitan Community Church
ClassificationProtestant
OrientationMainline
PolityCongregationalist
ModeratorCecilia Eggleston
RegionWorldwide (divided into regions with congregations in 37 countries)
FounderTroy Perry
Origin1968
Los Angeles, California, US
Congregations222
Official websitewww.mccchurch.org

The fellowship has Official Observer status with the World Council of Churches. The MCC has been denied membership in the US National Council of Churches, but many local MCC congregations are members of local ecumenical partnerships around the world and MCC currently belongs to several statewide councils of churches in the United States. The MCC has also been considered to be non-denominational.

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