- Queer as Folk
- Alumni
Queer as Folk!
MCC North London passionately strives to empower our own Folk, and we're as proud as punch to be able to showcase those special people who make up our numbers. This is a church of inclusion. And that includes you!
These pages will be a work in progress - they have to be, MCC North London is a church of development and teaching, of empowerment and sending. So its also a church of change and changing faces!
Many have passed through our doors and gone on to be wonderful beacons of hope and excellent ambassadors of Christ.
We would like therefore to use these pages to celebrate our current "workers in the field" and passed alumni as a way of encouraging us all to be part of the body.
Watch this space...
Keep an eye on these pages and watch the testimony of God's goodness to the LGBT community here at MCC North London unfold. The Queer as Folk pages will be a regular feature in our newsletter - so be sure to sign up!
In the spotlight this time is .....
Shining Stars
MCCNL is pround of its heritage as a training and sending church. There is a stong history of being a church were we have trained up clergy and laity alike.
Our only agenda - which is not at all hidden - is to see LGBTQ folk prosper and grow in grace as they explore their life with God and community. When we see those folks move on - we're both sad to see them go, but equally we celebrate their new chaper with them.
Here are a few folk who are shining lights from MCC's past:
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| Rev. Pressley Sutherland - Senior Pastor at MCCNL from 19xx - 2008 - now Senior Pastor at MCC Good Hope in Cape Town Souh Africa. |  |
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Rev. Clinton Crawshaw - Associate Pastor at MCCNL from 2007-2008 - now Senior Pastor at Big Easy MCC New Orleans, USA. |
| Rev. Kerri Mesner - Assistant Pastor at MCCNL from xxxx - 2005 - now working & living in Canada |  |
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Rev Chris Dowd was ordained in MCC North London in 2003, after which he moved to Birmingham to set up MCC Journey Birmingham in mid 2004 |
| Rev Mike Hydes was a long-standing member of MCC North London and started his clergy training with us before moving to New York. He was ordained at MCC New York in November 2003 before becoming Senior Pastor at New Light MCC, Hagerstown, Maryland, USA. |  |
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Rev Janice Bowker did her Clergy candidacy here at MCC North London and is Associate Pastor for Healing at MCCNL. |
| Rev Caroline Redfearn was ordained at MCC North London on Sunday 14th November 2004, the first Black person to be ordained an MCC pastor in the UK. |  |