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gWho is Rev. Troy D. Perry? On July 11, 1999, over 3,000 people filled the roped-off streets in front of a modern complex of buildings at 8704 Santa Monica Blvd in West Hollywood, CA (USA). They were gathered there for the public Dedication Celebration of the the new home of the Metropolitan Community Churches (MCC) and the Worship Center of its 'mother' church, MCC Los Angeles. The major celebrant was the Founder/Moderator of MCC, Rev. Elder Troy Perry, an openly gay clergyman who founded UFMCC with 12 people in his living room in Los Angeles on October 6, 1968. In the brief span of 30 years since that date, he has seen the membership of MCC grow, despite opposition, adversity and persecution, to 44,000+ people in over 300 congregations in 17 countries around the world. The event occurred during the 30th World Jubilee Celebration of the founding of one of the world's most unique Christian denominations... the first church to recognize the necessity of ministering to the needs of gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender persons throughout the world...and represented 30 years of successful ministry by local MCC congregations. It is through this visionary ministry that the Rev. Elder Troy Perry has become an internationally recognized spiritual leader and one of the world's leading activists for the civil rights of gay/lesbian/bisexual and transgendered people. In 1984, Rev. Perry completed a 1 hour video on the founding of MCC Los Angeles and early years of Metropolitan Community Churches, titled "God Gays & The Gospel: This Is Our Story" which is available for broadcast on local public access stations. For several years, Rev. Perry also served as host of "Out, Gifted and Blessed", a regularly scheduled 30 minute internet cybercast. The program featured music by MCC artists, UFMCC news, sermons by Rev. Perry and interviews with religious leaders. Virtually every major magazine and newspaper in the world has covered the story of the founding and successful ministry of this unique Fellowship. Rev. Perry and Lay and Clergy Leaders of MCC have spoken on issues of gay/lesbian spirituality and the g/l/b/t civil rights movement on numerous local television/radio shows, and at a national level on virtually every major network news program, including 60 Minutes, Nightline, Dateline, special PBS presentations, and many others.
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