Metropolitan Community Church of New York

The Metropolitan Community Church of New York (MCCNY) is an LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) Christian church in New York City, located at 446 36th Street between Ninth and Tenth Avenue in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood on the West Side of Midtown Manhattan.

Metropolitan Community Church of New York
40°45′19.6″N 73°59′50.9″W
LocationNew York City
CountryUSA
DenominationMetropolitan Community Church
Websitewww.mccny.org
History
Founded1972 (1972)
Clergy
Pastor(s)Rev. Pat Bumgardner

Mission

While catering mainly to the LGBT population, the church is open to persons of all sexual orientations. MCCNY is affiliated with the Metropolitan Community Church (MCC), a worldwide fellowship of churches catering to LGBT persons and affirming LGBT-supportive theology.[1][2]

The senior pastor is Pat Bumgardner, a minister and social justice activist.[3] She lives in the West Village. Edgard Danielsen-Morales serves as the assistant pastor for congregational Life.

A newsletter titled The Query is published by the church.[4]

History

The church itself was first established in Los Angeles in 1968 by Reverend Troy Perry. Its location changed four years later to New York, inside the Lesbian and Gay Services Center (now the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center), the address where it remained from 1983 to 1994. The church moved once again in 1994 to its current location at West 36th Street.[5]

MCCNY Charities

Sylvia Rivera Food Pantry: MCCNY Charities operates three weekly food pantry services. Tuesday-Friday hot meals/PWA food pantry and the Thursday Morning client-choice groceries.

Sylvia’s Place: MCCNY Homeless Youth Services is committed to turning the short time (up to 90 days) that youth spend as residents into a time of growth, safety and opportunity. MCCNY Homeless Youth Services provides: - Drop in services provided 6 days a week 5-9 Mon-Sat - Emergency overnight services - Connections to long-term housing - Case management - Advocacy groups - Showers - Hot meals

Reverend Pat Finishing School.

Q Clinic: Columbia Medial for LGBTQI+ Youth.

Current and former funders of MCCNY Charities have included Ran Murphy Productions, Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, and The Citizens Committee for New York City.

Notable parishioners

See also

References
  1. Loue, Sana (2009). Sexualities and identities of minority women. Springer. pp. 66, 74, 154. Retrieved February 19, 2012.
  2. Asencio, Marysol (2010). Latina/o sexualities: probing powers, passions, practices, and policies. Rutgers University Press. p. 182. Retrieved February 19, 2012.
  3. Steven W. Thrasher (November 4, 2011). "A Church. A Shelter. Is It Safe?". The New York Times. Retrieved February 19, 2012.
  4. Cheng, Patrick S. (2011). Radical Love: An Introduction to Queer Theology. Church Publishing, Inc. p. 31. Retrieved February 19, 2012.
  5. Dunlap, David W. (2004). From Abyssinian to Zion: a guide to Manhattan's houses of worship. Columbia University Press. p. 144. Retrieved February 19, 2012.

Further reading
  • Eric M. Rodriguez and Suzanne C. Ouellette, "The Metropolitan Community Church of New York: A Gay and Lesbian Community," The Community Psychologist 32, no. 3 ( 1999): 24–29
  • Rodriguez, E. M. and Ouellette, S. C. (2000), "Gay and Lesbian Christians: Homosexual and Religious Identity Integration in the Members and Participants of a Gay-Positive Church." Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 39: 333–347.
  • Patrick S. Cheng. 2011. Radical Love: An Introduction to Queer Theology. Church Publishing, Inc., March 1, 2011
  • Glisson, Susan M. (2006). The Human Tradition in the Civil Rights Movement. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 328. Retrieved February 19, 2012.
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