MCC, Gay-Centered Church of 1960s Debates Role Today
WASHINGTON POST
By Associated Press
WASHINGTON, DC---Is a gay-centered Christian church needed anymore? On that Sunday in 1968 when Troy Perry borrowed a minister’s robe and started a church for gays in his living room, the world was a very different place. It’s remarkable the denomination has endured at all. Metropolitan Community Churches brings together many different Christian traditions under one banner that often struggle to stay friendly in the outside world. Perry, now 72 and retired, is a Pentecostal who started preaching when he was just a teenager in rural Florida. The common denominator is a belief that Christians can be in a same-sex relationship and still be faithful to Scripture. [link]
By Associated Press
WASHINGTON, DC---Is a gay-centered Christian church needed anymore? On that Sunday in 1968 when Troy Perry borrowed a minister’s robe and started a church for gays in his living room, the world was a very different place. It’s remarkable the denomination has endured at all. Metropolitan Community Churches brings together many different Christian traditions under one banner that often struggle to stay friendly in the outside world. Perry, now 72 and retired, is a Pentecostal who started preaching when he was just a teenager in rural Florida. The common denominator is a belief that Christians can be in a same-sex relationship and still be faithful to Scripture. [link]
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