Origin of Metropolitan Community Churches

In 1968, a series of most unlikely events in Southern California resulted in the birth of the world's first church group with a primary, positive ministry to people of diversity who have been excluded by other churches. Those events, a failed relationship, an attempted suicide, a reconnection with God, an unexpected prophecy, and the birth of a dream led to MCC's first worship service: a gathering of 12 people in Rev. Troy Perry's living room in Huntington Park, California on October 6, 1968. That first worship service in a Los Angeles suburb launched the international movement of Metropolitan Community Churches, which today has grown to 43,000 members and adherents in almost 300 congregations in 22 countries.

During the past 40 years, MCC's prophetic witness has forever changed the face of Christianity and helped to fuel the international struggle for rights and equality. Founded in the interest of offering a church home to all who confess and believe, Metropolitan Community Churches moves in the mainstream of Christianity.