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Metropolitan Community Churches (MCC) is a movement & a denomination that is open to all who wish to share & live into God's inclusive and life-changing love.

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Metropolitan Community Churches @mccdenomination.bsky.social · Jan 28

We're Seeking You! - Metropolitan Community Churches

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Metropolitan Community Churches @mccdenomination.bsky.social · 5h

Her spirit and activism will live on through House of GG, the center she founded.

Thank you for everything, Mama Major. May her legacy inspire us all to continue the fight.

READ MORE: www.cleveland.com/news/2025/10...

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Metropolitan Community Churches @mccdenomination.bsky.social · 5h

A true pioneer and Stonewall uprising veteran, her life was dedicated to justice. She spent over five decades fighting for Black trans women, prison reform, and HIV/AIDS care, using her own experiences of incarceration to fuel change.

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Metropolitan Community Churches @mccdenomination.bsky.social · 5h

We are heartbroken to share the news that Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, affectionately known as "Mama Major," has passed away at 78.

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Metropolitan Community Churches @mccdenomination.bsky.social · 12h

Schedule: October 25, 2025, 11AM ET, via Zoom.

REGISTER NOW: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Metropolitan Community Churches @mccdenomination.bsky.social · 12h

MCC is forming a PLH Kinship Group, to offer a safe, affirming, and confidential space for people living with HIV that is built on radical and inclusive love.

If you are PLHIV, you are invited to join this online gathering, which will happen every last Saturday of every month.

Metropolitan Community Churches @mccdenomination.bsky.social · 12h

We give thanks for our wonderful church, MCC, may we continue to be a beacon of justice both here in the United States and throughout the world. The judge has promised an answer soon. Regardless, the fight will continue.

Metropolitan Community Churches @mccdenomination.bsky.social · 12h

for an end to these horrific deportations of those unlucky enough to be caught in the crosshairs of ICE.

Metropolitan Community Churches @mccdenomination.bsky.social · 12h

As we prayed outside of the room, we asked for justice to prevail, for a shield of protection to be placed around all churches that serve immigrants, for those who are under pressure from these policies,

Metropolitan Community Churches @mccdenomination.bsky.social · 12h

We were so impressed by our legal team. They were well prepared to answer everything that the judge threw at them throughout the course of the hearing. We were also proud of MCC for becoming party to a lawsuit that has such implications for us as a church and for the USA at large.

Metropolitan Community Churches @mccdenomination.bsky.social · 12h

Rather than trying the merits of the case, this meeting was intended to ask for an injunction to stop enforcement while the larger case winds its way through the courts.

Metropolitan Community Churches @mccdenomination.bsky.social · 12h

At issue was whether a change in the policies of ICE (immigration and Customs Enforcement) are a violation of the 1st Amendment and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.

Metropolitan Community Churches @mccdenomination.bsky.social · 12h

The new policy lowers the bar for entry in those places from a set of required standards to the “individual discretion and common sense” of agents.

Metropolitan Community Churches @mccdenomination.bsky.social · 12h

The complaint centers around the 2025 recension of a decades-old policy that limited immigration enforcement from entering “sensitive spaces” like houses of worship, schools, or hospitals.

Metropolitan Community Churches @mccdenomination.bsky.social · 12h

The et al includes our own Metropolitan Community Church and many other plaintiffs from various denominations around the country.

Metropolitan Community Churches @mccdenomination.bsky.social · 12h

We were there to observe and bear witness to a hearing in the case of New England Synod, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, et al. vs Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

Metropolitan Community Churches @mccdenomination.bsky.social · 12h

My wife, Debbie Krusemark and I spent a recent Tuesday afternoon in a Federal Courtroom in Boston at the request of MCC’s Moderator, Rev. Elder Cecilia Eggleston.

Metropolitan Community Churches @mccdenomination.bsky.social · 12h

A Day in Court: Metropolitan Community Churches vs. Department of Homeland Security

(Submitted by Rev. Brae Adams)

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Metropolitan Community Churches @mccdenomination.bsky.social · 1d

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Against the tide: LGBTQIA+ inclusive churches thrive amid rising conservatism in Brazil — Open Table Network

IN THE FIRST of a new series of blogs highlighting stories from our LGBTQIA+ siblings in other countries, journalist André Aram reports from the largest country in South America and the fifth largest ...

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Metropolitan Community Churches @mccdenomination.bsky.social · 1d

Addressing this controversial question, Reverend Luiz Gustavo Silva of MCC Brasil (Igreja da Comunidade Metropolitana) said: 'These religious groups read the Bible selectively, especially the Old Testament, to accuse LGBTQIA+ people of being sinful.'

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Metropolitan Community Churches @mccdenomination.bsky.social · 1d

If traditional churches label homosexuality a sin, how can this dogmatic presentation of the gospel be broken? Is it the result of their misinterpretation of certain passages in the Bible?

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Metropolitan Community Churches @mccdenomination.bsky.social · 1d

Inclusive churches are still relatively new in Brazil. The first inclusive congregation only appeared in 2004 in Rio de Janeiro as a congregation of the Metropolitan Community Church (MCC). This paved the way for other churches to emerge around the country that embraced diversity without judgment.

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Metropolitan Community Churches @mccdenomination.bsky.social · 1d

Against the Tide: LGBTQIA+ Inclusive Churches Thrive Amid Rising Conservatism in Brazil

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Metropolitan Community Churches @mccdenomination.bsky.social · 2d

Email directly if you have questions, thoughts, suggestions or want to be involved in your own community. [[email protected]]

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Metropolitan Community Churches @mccdenomination.bsky.social · 2d

The thought behind The Sanctified Rebels is to find the “invisible” people. An MCC community outreach ministry primarily, but open to lay leaders who do not have a deacon ministry within MCC, but want to be involved. The ministry is being led by Elder Velma Garcia.

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Metropolitan Community Churches @mccdenomination.bsky.social · 2d

All are Welcome! No Matter who you Are! You are a Beloved Child of God! Speaking Truth to Power!

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