Metropolitan Community Church of Charlotte

1825 Eastway Drive
Charlotte, NC 28205

ph: 704-563-5810
fax: 704-535-1791

What We Believe

We Believe: 

In one Triune God, all powerful,  present everywhere, and all-knowing, of one substance and three persons: God – our Parent/Creator; Jesus the Christ – Child of God; and the Holy Spirit – God as our Sustainer.

 

That the Bible is the divinely inspired Word of God, showing  forth God to every person through the law and the prophets, and finally, completely and ultimately on the earth in the being of Jesus the Christ.

 

That Jesus the Christ is God incarnate,  of human birth,  fully God and fully human, and that by being one with God, Jesus has demonstrated once and forever that all people are likewise Children of God, being spiritually made in God’s image.

 

That the Holy Spirit is God,  making known God’s love and interest to all people.  The Holy Spirit is God, available to and working through all who are willing to place their welfare in God’s keeping.

 

Every person is justified by grace to God  through  faith in Jesus the Christ.

 

We are saved from lonliness, despair and degradation through God's gift of grace,  as was declared by our Savior.  Such grace is not earned, but is a pure gift from a God of pure love.

 

The church serves to bring all people to God through the Christ. To  this end, it shall arrange for regular services of worship, prayer, interpretation of the Scriptures, and edification through the teaching and preaching of the Word.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Priesthood of All Believers

 

 

We affirm the universal priesthood of all believers.

 

...you also, as living stones are being built up as a spiritual house for a holy priesthood...you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God's own, that you may proclaim the mighty acts of the one who called you out of darkness into God's marvelous light...

 

1 Peter 2: 5-10

 

 

Lay people are the People of God, called by God and authorized by Scripture to respond to the Word, serving as the Christ served, to the end that the Church may be edified and the world transformed. We are committed to the mutual collaboration between laity and clergy.

 


Inclusion

 

Inclusion is not about language;  it is about eliminating the prejudice and the exclusion of people who are different than us.  However, language is the beginning point in breaking down the barriers placed in our lives.

 

 

We make our worship service inclusive by using the Inclusive Language Lectionary and revising our hymns to eliminate exclusive, racist, sexist, patriarchal and other oppressive references.  We open ourselves to the fullness of God, and want each person to feel comfortable addressing God as they understand and relate to God.  God is Parent, Creator, Father, Mother, Savior, Sustainer, and so much more.

 

 

MCC wants to include all genders, sexual orientations and identities, races, ages, classes and people who are differently abled.  Modifying language may be the most noticeable aspect, but changing an attitude of the heart is the real objective of Inclusion.

 

 

 

1825 Eastway Drive
Charlotte, NC 28205

ph: 704-563-5810
fax: 704-535-1791