MCC-DC celebrates 40 years with church founder Rev. Troy Perry

Rev. Troy Perry gives the Easter sermon at MCC New York I recently interviewed Rev. Pat Bumgardner from MCC New York, and just three weeks ago Frank and I attended their Easter banquet, where the denomination’s founder, Rev. Troy Perry, gave his annual Easter sermons. Rev. Perry will be in Washington helping MCC-DC celebrate their 40th anniversary. If you’re in the area, be sure to join the celebration. From Metro Weekly: In 1968 Rev. Troy Perry founded an LGBT-affirming Protestant Christian church in Los Angeles, eventually growing into 250 worldwide congregations as the Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches (MCC). In D.C., Rev. J. E. Paul Breton founded the Community Church of Washington D.C. at his home in Capitol Hill in 1970. The next year, it became chartered as an official MCC congregation. Perry is expected to join the Metropolitan Community Church of Washington, D.C., (MCC-DC) during its ”Fabulous and Faithful 40th Anniversary Event,” at the Human Rights Campaign, 1640 Rhode Island Ave. NW, on Friday, May 13, from 7 to 11 p.m. ”We wanted the celebration to be outside the church because we wanted people to be able to have some social time and we don’t allow alcohol at MCC, so they can drink there,” says Bob Whitman, who is gay and the vice moderator of the church’s board of directors.]]>