Editing Cecilia Eggleston (section)

== Career ==
She helped create Samaritan Education in Europe and chaired its board of trustees for several years. Eggleston participated in the Board of Ordained Ministry before becoming district coordinator for MCC churches in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, and Denmark. Her experience as chair aided her work on the Elders Task Force on Education.<ref name="archive" />

In 2003, Eggleston was elected to serve on the board of elders during a shift in the MCC's governance. She was ordained in 2004.<ref name="archive" /> In 2005, she became the moderator of the MCC, a role previously held by [[Troy Perry]]; she is the second female moderator and the first to come from outside the United States.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Fieseler |first=Robert W. |date=2019-09-01 |title=Inside The Metropolitan Community Church, Which Has Been Telling LGBTQ People God Loves Them For 50 Years |work=[[The Daily Beast]] |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/inside-the-metropolitan-community-church-which-has-been-telling-lgbtq-people-god-loves-them-for-50-years |access-date=2023-11-09}}</ref> Eggleston retired from the Board of Elders in 2007 and became the full-time pastor of the MCC's [[Newcastle upon Tyne|Newcastle]] congregation.<ref name="archive" /><ref>{{cite news |title=Newcastle LGBT church celebrates 20 years |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-15495681 |work=[[BBC News]] |date=28 October 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Musgrove |first1=Susan |title=After my sex change, I'm now a woman in the eyes of God |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-life/10018144/After-my-sex-change-Im-now-a-woman-in-the-eyes-of-God.html |access-date=December 16, 2023 |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=April 29, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=McVeigh |first1=Karen |title=Church of England to consider transgender naming ceremony |url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/may/21/proposal-for-transgender-baptism-to-go-before-church-of-england |access-date=December 16, 2023 |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=May 21, 2015}}</ref> As part of the MCC's Strategic Review Team, Eggleston worked with the Board of Elders and Board of Administration to improve the MCC's denominational organization.<ref name="archive" /> As of 2025, Eggleston is the CEO and Chief of Staff of MCC worldwide.<ref name="insider"/>