MCC East London
MCC East London is located in Stepney. MCC East London started as a project of MCC North London, "a parish extension group was established with the objective to form a church". MCC East London held its first service on Pentecost Sunday in 1991. In August 2010 Reverend Caroline Redfearn, a regular preacher for and active member of MCC East London, died from a cancer-related illness. In November 2004 she was the first African-Caribbean descent woman to be ordained at MCC in the United Kingdom.
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