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Metropolitan Community Church London
Metropolitan Community Church London (MCC London) was the first Metropolitan Community Church congregation in Europe and the first one chartered out of the United States.〔Wilcox, 97.〕 The congregation was founded in 1972 as the Fellowship of Christ Liberator and at least a year later a majority indicated that they wished to affiliate with the MCC. The then minister, the Revd Tony Cross, resigned and Peter Embrey did not wish to continue to host the congregation. The name was changed and they went on to occupy a location on Sistova Road, in the Balham neighbourhood of South London.〔American Baptist Historical Society, 129.〕 MCC London no longer exists as a congregation, but was the source (directly or indirectly) of three other congregations: MCC North London, MCC East London, and MCC South London.〔MCC International Church Directory.〕〔Walton, 175.〕 MCC churches have a "primary ministry in gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and queer communities, providing a safe-space environment of an accepting congregation where people can find God's salvation, personal support, spiritual growth and guidance toward health and wholeness."〔"Background" from MCC North London.〕〔Region 4 (Europe, Africa), "What Is MCC?".〕〔Gooch, 26.〕 The churches have been active in efforts to support marriage for LGBTQ people and specifically reach out to LGBTQ families.〔"Gay-friendly Christian church to carry out gay weddings in Spain", ''Pink News'', July 5, 2010.〕 They have also supported efforts to educate and combat violence against LGBTQ people.〔Jessica Geen, "Transgender Day of Remembrance", ''Gay and Lesbain News'', November 20, 2009.〕
==MCC North London==
Mcc North London is located in Camden. MCC North London began as a Bible study in the early 1980s sponsored by the then existing MCC London church.〔"Brief History of MCC North London"〕 They gained chartered church status within the Universal Fellowship of MCC and the founding pastor was the Reverend Elder Hong Tan.〔 In response to the early AIDS pandemic they launched a programme called 'God's Love We Deliver' (independent of the one in New York City), which became the independent charity The Food Chain.〔 Reverend Elder Jill Storey, Rev. Tan's successor, continuing the social justice ministries throughout the 1990s, Tan became pastor again following Storey until the Reverend Pressley Sutherland became pastor beginning Easter 2001.〔 Before legalised Civil Partnerships for same-sex and transgender couples, MCC North London hosted The Blessing Tent at London Pride for several years, during which time more than 500 couples were "Blessed and affirmed into Holy Union as a public witness and demonstration of the validity of such partnerships".〔〔"Bob Geldof urges London gay pride marchers to support Live 8", AP Worldstream, July 2, 2005.〕 In December 2005 a vicar for the church and her partner became the first "same-sex couple to be legally married in Britain" after the passage of the Civil Partnership Bill.〔"Britain on course for first gay marriage", ''Independent Online'', 25 May 2005.〕〔Eunice K. Y. Or, "Clergywoman to Wed in Britain’s First Same-Sex Marriage in December", ''Christian Today'', May 25, 2005.〕 In 2008, under the interim pastorship of Rev Sharon Ferguson〔 The group has continued to advocate for LGBTQ issues including a call for sensitivity training in Jamaica following many attacks and several murders of lesbians and gays.〔"Shields backs sensitivity training for police force", ''Jamaica Gleaner'', February 19, 2008.〕〔"Schools' gay chorus of disapproval grows.", ''The Birmingham Post'', 10 February 2000.〕
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