RELIGION:

METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY CHURCH

“Church for Gays Expands.” Globe and Mail, October 12, 1991, p. A7.

“Gays, Lesbians Rediscover Christmas: Often Ostracized by Family and Religion,

Homosexuals in Toronto Find Kindred Comfort in the Metropolitan Community

Church’s Service.” Globe and Mail [Metro ed.], December 26, 1996, p. A6.

Hawkes, Brent L.

Major Factors Determining the Growth of Metropolitan Community Churches.

D.Min. thesis, University of Trinity College, [Toronto?], 2001.

(viii, 189 leaves)

Ref.: AMICUS catalogue no. 26025890, which assigns both general and

Toronto-specific descriptors regarding this church.

Steele, Scott.

“A Church for All People.” Maclean’s, April 12, 1993, p. 41.

Primarily about the Metropolitan Community Church of Toronto (MCCT).

Accompanying table, “Gays and the Church,” gives percentage of members

of various Christian denominations supporting change to Canadian Human

Rights Act to legally protect lesbians and gays from discrimination. Names

of activist organizations in various mainstream denominations also given in

article – Integrity (Anglicans), Dignity (Roman Catholics), Aware

(Christian Reformed Church) and Affirm (United Church).

“Unorthodox Church Amasses a Flock: [The Metropolitan Community Church] Is

One of the Fastest-Growing Christian Denominations, but with Homosexual

Congregations and Ministers, It Also Has Many Critics.” Globe and Mail,

October 1, 1991, pp. A1, A6.