Troy perry metropolitan community church
Troy Perry
Rev. Troy Perry was born in in Tallahassee, Florida, the first of five sons. His grandfather fought in the Civil War and his father was a prominent North Florida g up, Troy was the only one in his family who enjoyed going to church, and had a sense that one day, he would shepherd his have flock.
When Troy was 12, his father died, and his mother married an abusive alcoholic. This made life at home unbearable for Troy; so he ran away and went to live with his Pentecostal aunt and uncle in Georgia. At the age of 13, Troy delivered his first sermon in his aunt’s church. By 15, he was a licensed Southern Baptist preacher. By then as well, he knew he liked men, and divulged his feelings to his pastor. His pastor told him to get married, so he married the pastor’s daughter at age They soon had two sons.
The family moved to Southern California, but Troy’s feelings for men didn’t go away. His marriage failed, he lost his job, did two years in the military, and at age 28, after a failed gay relationship, tried to put himself out of his misery.
Then Troy had a revelation that G
MCC History
What Follows is a summary of MCC’s First history through the eyes of our founder, Rev. Troy Perry.
Introduction
In , a year before New York’s Stonewall Riots, 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 gays, lesbians, bisexual, and transgender persons.
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,
That first worship service in a Los Angeles suburb in launched the international movement of Metropolitan Community Churches, which today has grown to 43, members and adherents in almost congregations in 22 countries. During the past 36 years, MCC’s prophetic witness has forever changed the face of Christianity and helped to fuel the international noun for LGBT rights and equality
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Watch the &#;Call Me Troy&#; documentary about MCC founder Rev. Troy Perry
&#;Call Me Troy&#; profiles the life of one of the LGBTQ+ community&#;s most clear and tenacious advocates for change, Rev. Troy Perry. Rev. Perry is the founder of the Metropolitan Community Church &#; the first church to acknowledge the spiritual needs of the LGBTQ+ community. He was also the first openly gay person to serve on the Los Angeles County Commission on Human Relations, he performed the first public same-sex wedding in the U.S. in , and in he filed the first-ever lawsuit seeking legal recognition for same-gender marriages. From presidential advisor to outspoken advocate, Perry has been on the front lines leading the charge for equal rights and protections for LGBTQ+ people, and for providing a place for all people, all of sexual orientations, to worship side by side. This film celebrates his life and his legacy.
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El documental completo de &#;Call Me Troy&#; ( Founded by Reverend Troy Perry in , the Metropolitan Community Church (MCC) is the oldest continuously operating LGBTQ ministry in the world. Trained as a Pentecostal minister, Reverend Perry left the church in the early s after parish leadership learned he was gay and excommunicated him. Events in his personal life moved him to return to the ministry in with the purpose of providing a place for LGBTQ individuals to worship freely. Reverend Perry first announced the formation of a new church in an advertisement in The Advocate. On October 6, , he held the first service of the Metropolitan Community Church (MCC) in the living room of his Huntington Park home with twelve people in attendance. Reverend Perry conducted services in his living room for the first six weeks. The size of the congregation steadily grew each week, and by the church had congregants. As the ministry grew, the congregation turned to other meeting spaces, including a nearby women's club, theatres, and other churches. In , the MCC dedicated its own church at S