THE MCC MARIKINA
MCC Marikina is an emerging, affirming, accepting, progressive & ecumenical Christian Church for mostly LGBTQ+. ALL are welcome for it is written, "There is neither male no female, slave nor free, Greek nor Jew, for we are ALL one in Christ Jesus."-Galatians 3: 28 NRSV
Global Vision
Metropolitan Community Church is compelled
by an unfinished calling and a prophetic
destiny. We are a global movement of
spiritually and sexually diverse people who are
fully awake to God’s enduring love. Following
the example of Jesus and empowered by the
Spirit, we seek to build leading-edge church
communities that demand, proclaim, and do
justice in the world.
Global Mission
Be MCC: Transforming ourselves as we transform the world.
Metropolitan Community Church proclaims and practices a
spirituality that is anchored in the liberating Gospel of Jesus Christ
and confronts the issues of our volatile, uncertain, and complex world.
We are called to develop and equip leaders, congregations, and
ministries that foster spiritual growth, do the work of justice, act with
compassion, and integrate sexuality and spirituality.
We will do this through offering high-value training, local church
support and resourcing, cutting edge theological exploration, and
expanding partnerships.
Local Vision
We envision a society free from discrimination, prejudice, injustice, but filled with love, understanding, selflessness, joy, and bayanihan or camaraderie
Local Mission
To be authentic and progressive Christians in Marikina City and nearby provinces and cities
Core Values:
Inclusion
Love is our greatest moral value and resisting exclusion is a primary focus of our ministry. We want to continue to be conduits of faith where everyone is included in the family of God and where all parts of our being are welcomed at God’s table.
Community
Offering a safe and open community for people to worship, learn, and grow in their faith is our deep desire. We are committed to equipping ourselves and each other to do the work that God has called us to do in the world.
Spiritual Transformation
Providing a message of liberation from the oppressive religious environment of our day or to those experiencing God for the first time is what guides our ministry. We believe that when people are invited to experience God through the life and ministry of Christ, lives will be transformed.
Justice
Working to talk less and do more, we are committed to resisting the structures that oppress people and standing with those who suffer under the weight of oppressive systems, being guided always by our commitment to Global Human Rights.
OUR CHURCH
MCC Marikina is an ecumenical and emerging Christian church located in Marikina City. It is open to all religion or belief systems because MCC Marikina believes that it doesn't matter what religion you belong to in order to partake communion and otherChurch activities that are made in the spirit of love and siblinghood.
MCC Marikina garnered awards succh as:
"Order of the Grand Phoenix Certificate of Appreciation for Good Guidance" by Infinity Clan,
"Special Actions and Participation Award," by Sergius Bacchus Clan
MCC Statement of Faith
As adopted at General Conference XXVI, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Adopted: 05 July 2016
Added to MCC Core Documents: 05 July 2016
Preamble
Metropolitan Community Churches is one chapter in the story of the Church, the Body of Christ. We are people on a journey, learning to live into our spirituality, while affirming our bodies, our genders, our sexualities. We don’t all believe exactly the same things. And yet in the midst of our diversity, we build community, grounded in God’s radically inclusive love for all people. We are part of an ongoing conversation on matters of belief and faith, shaped by scripture and the historic creeds, building on those who have come before us. Our chapter begins when God says to us: “Come, taste, and see.”
Our Faith
“Come, taste, and see.” Jesus Christ, You invite all people to Your open table. You make us Your people, a beloved community. You restore the joy of our relationship with God, even in the midst of loneliness, despair, and degradation. We are each unique and we all belong, a priesthood of all believers. Baptized and filled with Your Holy Spirit, You empower us to be Your healing presence in a hurting world.
We expect to see Your reign on earth as it is in heaven as we work toward a world where everyone has enough, wars cease, and all creation lives in harmony. We affirm Your charge to all of humanity to care for the land, sea, and air. Therefore, we will actively resist systems and structures which are destroying Your creation.
With all of creation we worship You—every tribe, every language, every people, every nation. We know You by many names, Triune God, beyond comprehension, revealed to us in Jesus Christ, who invites us to the feast.
Amen.
