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Mission Statement
At Metropolitan Community Church in the Valley, a Christian Church, originally founded to serve the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered community, we welcome all humanity as a reflection of God. Through the example of Jesus the Christ, we know God's table is without boundaries -- an inclusive spiritual and prayer-centered community of love, peace-making, and compassionate care.
Rev. Dr. Robert E. "Bob" Shore-Goss
He is Pastor of MCC in the Valley. He was on staff of MCC Greater St. Louis for nine years as part time theologian/clergy. He transferred as clergy into MCC from the Roman Catholic Church where he was ordained as a Jesuit priest. He worked in Mother Theresa's House of the Dying Destitute (Calcutta, India). Goss received his Th.D. in Comparative Religion from Harvard University, specializing in Indo-Tibetan Buddhism and Christian Theology.
Rev. Goss is the author of serveral books:
• Queering Christ: Beyond Jesus ACTED UP (2002)
(a Lambda Literary Finalist for Spirituality)
• Jesus ACTED UP: A Gay and Lesbian Manifesto (1993)
He is a co-author of the following books:
• The Queer Bible Commentary (2006)
(a translesbigay commentary on all the books of the Hebrew and Christian scriptures)
• Dead, But Not Lost: Grief Narratives in Religious Traditions (2005)
• Gay Catholic Priests and Clerical Sexual Misconduct: Breaking the Silence (2005)
• Take Back the Word: A Queer Reading of the Bible (2002)
• Our Families, Our Values: Snapshots of Queer Kinship (1997)
• A Rainbow of Diversities (1996)
Goss served as co-chair of the Gay Men's Issues in Religion Group of the American Academy of Religion. Goss taught courses in Religious Studies at the university level for 10 years, winning the 2000 Templeton Course Prize in Religion & Science. He serves on the National Advisory Board of the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies in Religion and Ministry of the Pacific School of Religion. Rev. Goss has been involved in a number of peace and justice movements.