Our Vision Statement...
Metropolitan Community Church of Tampa is your center for compassion in action, spiritual growth & personal development.
Our Purpose Statement...
Our purpose is to act with compassion to be a transformational community, to learn and grow as a community becoming passionate in our relationship with God, and to use our personal spiritual paths to embrace who we are as individuals to create meaningful relationships.
We are...
We are in full communion with the Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches (MCC) and proud to be the seventh church to incorporate with the fellowship. MCC Tampa has been serving the spiritual needs of the LGBTQ+ community since 1971 and historically the first recognized LGBTQ+ organization in the Tampa Bay area. Since 1996, we have been at our current location in the central Tampa neighborhood of Seminole Heights at the corner of N Central Ave. and E Cayuga St.
A full history of the Metropolitan Community Churches can be found on our denomination website:
http://mccchurch.org/overview/history-of-mcc/
A full history of the Metropolitan Community Churches can be found on our denomination website:
http://mccchurch.org/overview/history-of-mcc/
We subscribe to the MCC Denomination 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
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