New Christians

Sean and Dean have found in the word of Christ a response to their needs. The only thing they had in common was their previous non-religious background. Now they worship the same god in the same church. The Metropolitan Community Church (MCC) is an ecumenical Christian church that was founded in the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community: “This church seeks to reach out to all persons who feel disenfranchised by Christianity.”

Sean Watts is a school teacher whose parents never sent to church: “They didn’t want me to go to church but when I became 14 I started to go.”

Mr Watts spent a lot of being a teenager trying to fight and change his homosexuality: “Even in university I put myself on a Christian course which promised me that I’d be healed at the end.”

Dean Rawson, 16, of Bournemouth is not gay but was invited to the church by one of his friends: “Many people think this is just a gay church but that’s not the case, this is a diversity church”.

Dean has found many friends at the church and despite his young age he’s one of the most committed members.

Both share what Christianity has meant to them… (2 min)