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Rev. Dr. Nancy L. Wilson
Tel. 941-330-7444 • This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
My Purpose in life is to share the message of God’s amazing grace, in a way that is engaging and inspiring in an intersectional, contemporary way
And to lift up the liberating, life-saving and history-making story of Metropolitan Community Churches and our movement for spiritual and social change.
Positions with the Universal Fellowship of the Metropolitan Community Church
- 2005 to 2016: Moderator (global leader), Metropolitan Community Churches. Senior leader and chief spokesperson, including speaking and preaching at conferences and churches, universities and organizations all over the globe on many different subjects.
- 1972 to 2005: 44 years of pastoral, local church ministry while simultaneously serving the global church in various positions, including as senior pastor of MCC’s founding church in Los Angeles from 1986 to 2001
- Elected Co-Senior Pastor of SunCoast Cathedral MCC in Venice, Florida, March 19th, 2017
Educational Background
2016 | Honorary Doctor of Divinity, Episcopal Divinity School, Cambridge, Massachusetts |
2011 | Doctor of Ministry, Episcopal Divinity School, Cambridge, Massachusetts |
1980 | Master of Divinity, SS. Cyril and Methodius Seminary, Orchard Lake, Michigan (Roman Catholic) |
1972 | BA in Religion, Allegheny College, Meadville, Pennsylvania |
Areas of Expertise and Interest
- Queer theology and Biblical interpretation
- Spirituality and Social Change
- LGBT global human rights, especially from a faith perspective
- Women in faith leadership
- Developing and Mentoring Trustworthy Leaders
- The Art of Preaching
- MCC’s role in social, cultural and religious changes over the last nearly 50 years
- Climate Change: the most urgent issue of our times: especially from a queer perspective and/or a faith perspective
- Race, Class and Gender, and Faith, the intersections
- Human trafficking – connections to queer politics and human rights
Books and Publications
- Amazing Grace with Fr. Malcom Boyd, Crossroads Press 1991
- Our Tribe: Queer Folks, God, Jesus and the Bible, Harper San Francisco 1995
- Contribution to Race and Prayer edited by Malcolm Boyd and Chester Talton (Morehouse Press)
- Outing the Bible, LifeJourney Press, 2013 (this and Outing the Church together are updates of Our Tribe)
- Outing the Church, LifeJourney Press, 2013
- I Love to Tell the Story, Books to Believe In, May 2016
- Huffington Post, regular contributor
Updated: September 2016