Jean White

Jean White (1941 – 8 November 2010)[1] was the founding pastor within the Metropolitan Community Church (MCC) in London.

She was a nurse, midwife, missionary, pastor, counselor, and campaigner for the LGBTQ community and their inclusion in the Church.

[3] In 1963–64, White studied at the International Bible Training Institute in Burgess Hill, Sussex, and in Stockholm, Sweden.

Three of those years were spent under “compound arrest” in the “no-man’s area”, between Macao and the mainland of China, during the Red Guard uprising.

Her long-time partner was Mary Smail, a church musician and MCC lay leader.