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Woman to succeed Perryas head of MCC: Nancy Wilson will be moderator of Metropolitan Community Churches

A longtime leader in the Metropolitan Community Churches (MCC) has been nominated as the moderator to succeed Troy Perry, who founded the worldwide, predominantly gay Christian denomination 37 years ago and is now retiring.

Nancy Wilson, currently pastor of Church of the Trinity MCC in Sarasota, Florida, was the lone nominee to lead the 44,000-member church body based in West Hollywood, California, with congregations in 23 countries.