Reclaim our Holy Identity:  At MCC, we believe that even in our humanness, we are holy.  We are liberated from other people’s definitions of who we are.  We are made both body and spirit.  We believe that our sexuality is a holy gift from God so we no longer distance our bodies from our experience with God.  We are a people who proudly participate in the communion of body and spirit.

Advance our call to Social Justice and Action:  At MCC, we believe that Jesus led the way in acts of compassion and acts of justice.  Because we have been a people in the margins of society, we understand fully the grace that God has extended to us.  We seek to distance ourselves from exclusion and draw ourselves closer to including all those who are marginalized in any way.  We stand boldly with those who resist the structures of exclusion, as Jesus did, and work to insure freedom for all people.  In the margins, we are blessed.

Tell the story of God’s Transforming Grace:  At MCC we come as we are to Christ and are changed by what we find.  We experience a God with open arms, inviting all to take the sacred journey of faith and transformation.  We are growing in our faith and claim that our place in society has magnified our place in God’s family.  We are one of the many voices of God that, until now, has been lost in the margins!

 Nurture the values of Community:  At MCC, we believe our ultimate ministry is in our world.  We know that in order to prepare ourselves for radical service that changes lives, we must equip ourselves and others in the safety of a supportive community.  We strive to live out a message that rejects the idea that any are excluded from the family of God.

 Build bridges that Liberate and Unite:  At MCC, we have experienced the soul destruction that comes from hate filled rhetoric.  In restoring our souls, we have come to find that our voices will speak the liberation that comes through peace, compassion, love, respect and grace.  As followers of Jesus, we believe in everyone’s holy privilege to work out their own salvation.  While we are a Christian Church who follows Jesus, we respect those of other faith traditions and work together with them to free all those who are oppressed by hate, disregard and violence.