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TRANSformative Church Ministry Program
What does the Lord require of you, but to do justice, and to love kindness,
and to walk humbly with your God.” – Micah 6:8
Become an MCC TRANSformative Church!
through intentional, guided ministry to/with your congregants on all areas of gender, gender-identity, transgender and gender-variance.
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Program Overview
This ministry program endeavors to provide education, worship opportunities, and activism opportunities to church congregations through guided, intentional ministry.
The Goal
To provide local church congregations tools and resources to create, enhance, and acknowledge transgender and gender-identity-focused ministry.
Why?
Even in the most inclusive church, our transgender siblings struggle to find a place both to be minister to and in which to embody the priesthood of all believers. Metropolitan Community Churches has heard this need and, through MCC Transgender Ministries, is offering this program to enhance the ministry experiences of faith communities to and with transgender and gender-variant people.
This program offers the local church an opportunity to better welcome transgender and gender-variant individuals in the local worshiping and ministry community by guiding the formation and/or enhancement of ministries already alive in the faith community.
Become a TRANSformative Church!
Program Description
The MCC TRANSformative Church Ministry Program requires an intentional focus on the education of church members and friends on gender and the needs of transgender and gender-variant people within their community. During the course of six months to three years of focused ministry opportunities, the church congregation will experience community, learn about gender, and advocate for transgender siblings in their area. Successful participation of this program leads to acknowledgement certificates identifying the community as a TRANSformative Church”.
This program is designed to provide options for any size church or community organization and focus on three main areas; Worship, Education and Activism.
Program Summary
Empowered and Equipped
“It is very exciting that MCC is offering these groundbreaking and innovative resources for local churches in support of a full transgender ministry. Our churches can now be empowered and equipped in their journey toward radical inclusivity of our transgender siblings.” ~ Rev. Elder Darlene Garner, MCC Council of Elders
The MCC TRANSformative Church Ministry Program is designed to engage as many members of your church or local community as possible in a covenantal journey into creating safe space for transgender and gender-variant people. The program has five acknowledgement certificate levels:
- Walk Humbly Certificate – completed program requirements and at least five (5) activities in one or more categories within two years.
- Love Kindness Certificate – completed program requirements and at least ten (10) activities in two or more categories within two years.
- Do Justice Certificate – completed program requirements and at least fifteen (15) activities in three or more categories within two years.
- Symposium/Retreat Certificate – completed gender symposium or retreat.
- Micah 6:8 Award Certificate – completed all levels above within three years of program start.
Program Benefits
Successful participation in the MCC TRANSformative Church Ministry Program will provide local congregations with multiple benefits.
The program will enhance ministry and social action ability for the local congregation in the following areas:
Integration
“We are learning in MCC that to live fully into the holy integration of sexuality and spirituality requires a deep knowledge and understanding of gender. I am hopeful that this new TRANSFormative Church Ministry Program will provide us with the tools we need to make the journey.” ~Rev. Dr. Mona West, Director of Leadership Development
- Inclusion of Transgender Individuals in Worship
- in Education
- in Outreach
- in In-Reach
- in Activism
- Congregational Empowerment
- in Spiritual Development
- in Educating the Local Community
- in Legislative Participation
- Church Marketing to Transgender Communities
- Church Marketing to Key Like-Minded Organizations
Program Administration
MCC Transgender Ministries understands the challenges of administering a new ministry program in a local church or spiritual community. To best assist volunteer program leaders and clergy, MCC Transgender Ministries staff are available to track, record and guide participation in this program. The MCCTM staff and volunteers manage program materials and provide ministry level acknowlegement certificates.
Program materials, including worship aides, educational workshops, activism checklists, theological studies, and all program forms are provided by MCC Transgender Ministry staff and volunteers.
Program administration services are free to all churches and community organizations which enter the program and complete the first requirement: Local Church Focused Ministry Plan. Team-building meetings and general advising on activities is also available via conference with MCCTM staff at NO COST to the local church or community.
Program Availability
Download all elements of the MCC TRANSFormative Church Ministry Program below.
Admin - Local Church Focused Ministry Plan Workbook.doc
Date Updated: 18 November 2010
Admin - Local Church Focused Ministry Plan Workbook.pdf
Date Updated: 18 November 2010
Admin - MCC TRANSformative Church Ministry Program - 2009-2010.pdf
Date Updated: 18 November 2010
Liturgy - TRANSformative Holy Season Liturgies.pdf
Date Updated: 18 November 2010
Resource - Coming Out Trans Workbook.pdf
Date Updated: 18 November 2010
Resource - Trans-Etiquette - 3rdRevision - full page.pdf
Date Updated: 18 November 2010
Resource - Trans-Glossary - 3rd Revision - full page.pdf
Date Updated: 18 November 2010
Resource - transaction_leader_NGLTFWelcomingResources.pdf
Date Updated: 18 November 2010
Resource - transaction_NGLTFWelcomingResources.pdf
Date Updated: 18 November 2010
Symposium - Symposium_Retreat Opening Plenary Speech & Readings.pdf
Date Updated: 18 November 2010
Symposium - Symposium_Retreat Planning Workbook.docx
Date Updated: 18 November 2010
Symposium - Symposium_Retreat Preparatory Tasks and Resources List.pdf
Date Updated: 18 November 2010
Symposium - Symposium_Retreat Reading 1 - The Ethiopian and Philip.pdf
Date Updated: 18 November 2010
Local Church Focused Ministry Plan Workbook.pdf
Date Updated: 1 September 2010
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