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'''MCC East London''' is a congregation of the [[Metropolitan Community Church]], located in [[Stepney]].  MCC East London started as a project of MCC North London, "a parish extension group was established with the objective to form a church".<ref name="EL">"About Us", from MCC East London.</ref>  MCC East London held its first service on Pentecost Sunday in 1991.<ref name="EL"/> In August 2010 Reverend Caroline Redfearn, a regular preacher for and active member of MCC East London,  died from a cancer-related illness.<ref name="STB">O. Wilson, "A Salute to UK Black Pride", 13 August 2010.</ref>  In November 2004 she was the first African-Caribbean descent woman to be ordained at MCC in the United Kingdom.<ref name="STB"/><ref>Kathy Beasley, "Condolences", ''MCC Impact'', August 2010/Vol. I.</ref>
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'''MCC East London''' is a congregation of the [[Metropolitan Community Church]], located in [[East London]].  MCC East London started as a project of MCC North London, "a parish extension group was established with the objective to form a church".<ref name="EL">https://web.archive.org/web/20120322022840/http://mcceastlondon.org.uk/?page_id=2 "About Us", from MCC East London.</ref>  MCC East London held its first service on Pentecost Sunday in 1991.<ref name="EL"/> In August 2010 Reverend Caroline Redfearn, a regular preacher for and active member of MCC East London,  died from a cancer-related illness.<ref name="STB">O. Wilson, "A Salute to UK Black Pride", 13 August 2010.</ref>  In November 2004 she was the first African-Caribbean descent woman to be ordained at MCC in the United Kingdom.<ref name="STB"/><ref>Kathy Beasley, "Condolences", ''MCC Impact'', August 2010/Vol. I.</ref>
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The church was met at a number of locations, including:
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*St Bartholomew's Church and Community Centre, [[East Ham]]<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20080821113758/http://www.mcceastlondon.org.uk/ MCC website, archived at August 2008</ref>
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*[[Positive East]]<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20091003195651/http://www.mcceastlondon.org.uk/ MCC website, archived at October 2009</ref>
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*the [[Unitarian]] Church in [[Stratford, London|Stratford]]<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120322022824/http://mcceastlondon.org.uk/?page_id=61 MCC website archived at 2012</ref>
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It later moved to [[Stepney]].
  
 
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Revision as of 10:07, 9 March 2016

MCC East London is a congregation of the Metropolitan Community Church, located in East London. MCC East London started as a project of MCC North London, "a parish extension group was established with the objective to form a church".[1] MCC East London held its first service on Pentecost Sunday in 1991.[1] In August 2010 Reverend Caroline Redfearn, a regular preacher for and active member of MCC East London, died from a cancer-related illness.[2] In November 2004 she was the first African-Caribbean descent woman to be ordained at MCC in the United Kingdom.[2][3]

The church was met at a number of locations, including: 

It later moved to Stepney.

References

Information from Wikipedia - sources could not be verified.

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20120322022840/http://mcceastlondon.org.uk/?page_id=2 "About Us", from MCC East London.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 O. Wilson, "A Salute to UK Black Pride", 13 August 2010.
  3. ↑ Kathy Beasley, "Condolences", MCC Impact, August 2010/Vol. I.
  4. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20080821113758/http://www.mcceastlondon.org.uk/ MCC website, archived at August 2008
  5. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20091003195651/http://www.mcceastlondon.org.uk/ MCC website, archived at October 2009
  6. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20120322022824/http://mcceastlondon.org.uk/?page_id=61 MCC website archived at 2012
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