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| − | The Rev Elder '''Jean White''' (died 2010)<ref name=inourownwords> | + | The Rev Elder '''Jean White''' (died 2010)<ref name=inourownwords>http://www.inourownwordsmcc.org/index.php/2010/11/08/in-memory-rev-elder-jean-white "In memory Rev Elder Jean White"</ref> was the founding pastor within the [[Metropolitan Community Church]] (MCC) in [[London]]. |
| − | She received her training as a State Registered Nurse at the London Teaching Hospital, [[Whitechapel]] | + | She received her training as a State Registered Nurse at the London Teaching Hospital, [[Whitechapel]]. Later she received training as a Midwife in [[Bristol]] and at the Elsie Ingles School of Midwifery in [[Edinburgh]] and undertook a course in Tropical Diseases at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases in [[Liverpoo]]l.<ref>http://www.inourownwordsmcc.org/index.php/2010/11/08/in-memory-rev-elder-jean-white Profile of the Rev Elder Jean White</ref> In 1963-64, she studied at the International Bible Training Institute in [[Burgess Hill]], Sussex, and in Stockholm. In 1964 she went as a medical missionary to Macao. She served as a missionary in Asia from 1964-70. Three of those years were spent under “compound arrest” in the “no-man’s area”, between Macao and the mainland of China, during the Red Guard uprising.<ref>http://www.inourownwordsmcc.org/index.php/2010/11/08/in-memory-rev-elder-jean-white/ Profile, ibid.</ref> |
| − | As founding pastor of the MCC, White served on the denomination's Board of Elders and served the original [[ | + | As founding pastor of the MCC, White served on the denomination's Board of Elders and served the original [[MCC London]] for many years. She worked as director of World Church Extension of the denomination. She was pastor of [[MCC South London]], at the time of her death on 8 November 2010, aged 69, following a battle with pancreatic cancer.<ref name=mccslondon>http://www.mccsouthlondon.co.uk MCC South London</ref> She is survived by her long-time partner, Mary Smail, an accomplished church musician and MCC lay leader. For more information please visit the Jean White Archive at www.jeanwhite.org.uk |
==References== | ==References== | ||
| − | Based on the Wikipedia article of the same name | + | Based on the Wikipedia article of the same name. |
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Revision as of 07:46, 13 August 2013
The Rev Elder Jean White (died 2010)[1] was the founding pastor within the Metropolitan Community Church (MCC) in London.
She received her training as a State Registered Nurse at the London Teaching Hospital, Whitechapel. Later she received training as a Midwife in Bristol and at the Elsie Ingles School of Midwifery in Edinburgh and undertook a course in Tropical Diseases at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Liverpool.[2] In 1963-64, she studied at the International Bible Training Institute in Burgess Hill, Sussex, and in Stockholm. In 1964 she went as a medical missionary to Macao. She served as a missionary in Asia from 1964-70. Three of those years were spent under “compound arrest” in the “no-man’s area”, between Macao and the mainland of China, during the Red Guard uprising.[3]
As founding pastor of the MCC, White served on the denomination's Board of Elders and served the original MCC London for many years. She worked as director of World Church Extension of the denomination. She was pastor of MCC South London, at the time of her death on 8 November 2010, aged 69, following a battle with pancreatic cancer.[4] She is survived by her long-time partner, Mary Smail, an accomplished church musician and MCC lay leader. For more information please visit the Jean White Archive at www.jeanwhite.org.uk
References
Based on the Wikipedia article of the same name.
- ↑ http://www.inourownwordsmcc.org/index.php/2010/11/08/in-memory-rev-elder-jean-white "In memory Rev Elder Jean White"
- ↑ http://www.inourownwordsmcc.org/index.php/2010/11/08/in-memory-rev-elder-jean-white Profile of the Rev Elder Jean White
- ↑ http://www.inourownwordsmcc.org/index.php/2010/11/08/in-memory-rev-elder-jean-white/ Profile, ibid.
- ↑ http://www.mccsouthlondon.co.uk MCC South London
