Editing Metropolitan Community Church (section)

=== Local congregations ===
[[File:Pride London 2011 MCC banner.jpg|thumb|MCC of North London taking part in Pride London 2011]]
Each affiliated member church of MCC is a self-governing, legally [[Autonomous entity|autonomous]] body, is vested in its congregational meeting which exerts the right to control all of its affairs, subject to the provisions of the UFMCC Articles of Incorporation, bylaws, or documents of legal organization, and the General Conference. An ordained pastor provides spiritual leadership and administrative leadership as the moderator of a local church administrative body. In the United States and Canada the local church administrative body is usually called "board of directors". Each local congregation is required to send a [[tithe]] or assessment of income to UFMCC, currently set to reduce from 15% of income to 10% by 1% every two years stating in 2005.<ref>{{cite web|title=Article IX - Church Finances|url=http://mccchurch.org/download/mccbylaws/UFMCC%20Bylaws%20as%20of%20June%202010.doc|work=UFMCC Bylaws As Of June 2010|publisher=UFMCC|access-date=29 June 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120508034621/http://mccchurch.org/download/mccbylaws/UFMCC%20Bylaws%20as%20of%20June%202010.doc|archive-date=8 May 2012}}</ref>  Each local church elects its own pastor from the roster of MCC credentialed [[clergy]].

Each local congregation is free to determine matters of worship, practice, theology and ministry providing they meet certain basic requirements involving open access to communion and subscription to the traditional Christian creeds. Styles of worship include liturgical, charismatic, evangelical, traditional and modern—diversity is an important part of MCC.