MCC East London
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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".[1] MCC East London held its first service on Pentecost Sunday in 1991.[1]
The church was met at a number of locations, including:
- St Bartholomew's Church and Community Centre, East Ham[2]
- Positive East, Stepney[3]
- the Unitarian Church in Stratford[4]
- Stepney United Reformed Church[5]
Rev Carmen Margarita Sánchez De León was appointed pastor in April 2009.[3]
In August 2010 Reverend Caroline Redfearn, a regular preacher for and active member of MCC East London, died from a cancer-related illness.[6] In November 2004 she was the first African-Caribbean descent woman to be ordained at MCC in the United Kingdom.[6][7]
The pastor in January 2016 is Rev Jak Davis.[5]
External links
- http://mcceastlondon.org.uk/. Accessed: 2016-03-09. (Archived by WebCite® at http://www.webcitation.org/6fsSLPctl) "This is the new web site for the church, and we are currently working on content". No date, but service times appear to relate to December 2015, January 2016.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20120322022840/http://mcceastlondon.org.uk/?page_id=2 "About Us", from MCC East London.
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20080821113758/http://www.mcceastlondon.org.uk/ MCC website, archived at August 2008
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20091003195651/http://www.mcceastlondon.org.uk/ MCC website, archived at October 2009
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20120105030014/http://mcceastlondon.org.uk/?page_id=61 MCC website archived at January 2012
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 http://mcceastlondon.org.uk/index.php/about-the-church/. Accessed: 2016-03-09. (Archived by WebCite® at http://www.webcitation.org/6fsS4IUDA)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 O. Wilson, "A Salute to UK Black Pride", 13 August 2010. Information from Wikipedia – source could not be verified.
- ↑ Kathy Beasley, "Condolences", MCC Impact, August 2010/Vol. I. Information from Wikipedia – source could not be verified.
