About Us

MCC East Coast consists of those churches and individuals in eighteen eastern states and Puerto Rico. Support comes from a collection of 1,085 congregations with about 102,000 members representing many Mennonite, Brethren in Christ and Amish groups. In addition to coordinating programs within the region, the organization supports the broader work of MCC taking place in more than 50 countries around the world.

 

MCC East Coast's Vision is to facilitate constituent churches and their partners to be more faithful in our common mission in our communities and throughout the world. Grounded in the Mission of MCC Binational and Core Values of MCC US, we facilitate greater faithfulness by inviting the church to deeper discipleship and by responding as Christ's servants to the church's interests and priorities.

 

MCC East Coast Program Philosophy is committed to:

Working closely with constituent churches as primary partners

Responding to the vision, strength and needs of local communities, as identified by local church leaders

Building on the assets present in the local communities

Strategically and effectively using MCC EC's limited resources to help fuel the creative program growth coming from local communities

Seeking service workers from within and from outside the community in order to foster cross fertilization of ideas and experience

Seeking to build capacity in constituent churches, agencies and institutions as they provide wholistic witnesses in their communities

Providing service, leadership development and peace and justice witness as keys parts of the unique ministry MCC East Coast provides to local communities