MCCNY History
The History of Metropolitan Community Church of New York!
In 1972, a young man named Howard Wells came to New York City with nothing more than a call from God to preach Good News to the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community and the the three-prong vision of MCC’s founder, the Rev. Troy Perry:
- salvation
- liberation
- social action
Howard went on to become the first openly queer student at Union Theological Seminary and an ordained minister in Metropolitan Community Churches. He rented space at Holy Apostles Church on 9th Avenue in Manhattan and began preaching. People from all walks of life came to hear the message of Good News for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender, inter-sex and queer people and the church grew.
Our current Pastor, the Rev. Pat Bumgardner has now served as Senior Pastor for 24 years and has guided the church during many periods of growth and change and next year, 2012, we will celebrate our 40th year as a congregation.
Today, MCCNY owns its own building at 446 West 36th Street in Manhattan and has an active congregation of over 500 members. In addition, MCCNY supports a number of ministries to the poor, hungry and homeless, both locally and globally.
