Metropolitan Community Church

The Metropolitan Community Church (MCC) is a Christian denomination with a specific outreach to LGBT families and communities. It was founded in 1968 in Los Angeles, California, by Rev Troy Perry, to provide a church that would be welcoming to gay and lesbian people, at a time when most mainstream Christian denominations were hostile.

Each local congregation is an autonomous member of the Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches (UFMCC).

UK MCC congregations include:

• MCC East London
• Living Springs ECC (Bath)
• Journey MCC (Birmingham)
• River of Life MCC (Dorchester)
• MCC North London
• MCC South London
• MCC Manchester
• MCC Newcastle
• MCC Bournemouth
• Brightwaves MCC (Brighton)
• MCC Torbay and Plymouth
• MCC in Glasgow

In 2009, the former MCC Edinburgh merged with the Augustine United Church.