Rev. Christopher Ian George

Rev. Christopher Ian George
1949-2009

Metropolitan Community Church

Rev. Christopher George was a man of God with a welcoming spirit and a heart of compassion. Christopher’s spiritual journey began in the Church of England, where he grew up. In his early twenties, he immigrated to Canada where he met is life partner of 35 years, Gordon Allsopp. Christopher experiences a call to ordained ministry and began to explore his call with the Anglican Church of Canada. He discovered they were unable to incorporate his spirituality and sexuality with the same level of comfort that Christopher had, and this left him feeling unable to follow God’s call on his life.

In the late eighties, Christopher and Gordon began attending MCC Winnipeg where they were joined in Holy Union. This began Christopher’s journey with MCC and again stirred his call to ministry. In 2000, he was ordained at MCC Lubbock, TX by Rev. Elder Troy Perry, the found of Metropolitan Community Churches. Christopher served as Associate Pastor of MCC Lubbock and as Senior Pastor of Victory Garden MCC in Clovis, NM. MCC provided him the opportunity to live out his faith as an openly gay man, and fulfill the lifelong call of God in his heart.

This stole was made for Christopher by his sister-in-law, and represents his firm belief in a God who loves all people unconditionally and who binds us together with the grace and peace of Christ.

This stole was donated to the collection during Metropolitan Community Churches' General Conference in Acapulco, Mexico in June, 2010.