MCC Washington was founded in 1970 by the Rev. J. E. Paul Breton as the Community Church of Washington, D.C. It was chartered in 1971 by the Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches. The church originally met in Paul Breton's home on Capital Hill.

The Rev. John Barbone was elected pastor in 1973 and served until 1975. During this time MCC moved to the chapel of the First Congregational Church at 10th and G Streets, N.W. These years saw a great growth in the church and the first real community visibility both socially and politically.

In 1975, Rev. Barbone resigned the pulpit and the church asked Mr. Bob Moore to serve as a lay worship coordinator. Mr. Moore served in this position until October 1975, when the Rev. Jack Isbell was elected pastor. In the Fall of 1975, the congregation moved from the small chapel to the main sanctuary of First Church, where we remained until 1984.

The years at First Church saw a growth in many activities and many joint ministry efforts by MCC and our host church. The relationship between the two churches became a model for other congregations in relating to MCC congregations around the U.S.A. We shall forever be indebted to First Church for their bold commitment to our ministry and their prophetic leadership to the church at large.

In December 1976, Rev. Isbell resigned and the Rev. Roy Birchard was elected interim Pastor while the Pulpit Committee searched for a new Pastor. In June of 1977 the Rev. Larry J. Uhrig was elected Pastor and continued to serve in this position until the time of his death.

During those years the church grew in its community visibility and commitment to service. This vision of ministry resulted in the 1984 purchase of our first ministry center at 415 M Street, NW. The purchase of our first home saw the fulfillment of a long term dream. With a home of our own MCC Washington had greater freedom to direct its own ministries and to offer facilities to community organizations.

During the nine years at 415 M Street the congregation outgrew the facility. The first step toward expanding our outreach to the community was to provide two morning worship services at 9 a.m. and 11 a.m., in addition to the evening service at 7 p.m. The Board of Directors also established Trustees for the Buchanan Memorial Building Fund. The Buchanan Trustees began looking at the possibility of acquiring land in the neighborhood to build a new ministry center. During the years of 1987-89 we assembled the six lots at the corner of 5th and Ridge Streets, N.W. upon which stands our current ministry facility.

Construction began on December 23, 1991. On December 17, 1992 the congregation moved into our new home. The first event (a Christmas Concert the night of December 18, 1993) began the excitement of a new ministry center and a growing congregation of some five hundred members and regular attendees.

On March 27, 1993 our Ministry Center was dedicated to the Glory of God. The congregation will be forever thankful to the hundreds of people whose faith and vision made this miracle happen.

Sadly, the Rev. Larry J. Uhrig died December 28, 1993. The Associate Pastor, the Rev. Candace Shultis admirably shouldered the responsibilities and demands of a thriving, rapidly growing congregation. In March of 1994 the Rev. R. Steven Taylor was named Interim Pastor during the Pastoral Search Committee's process of selecting a full-time, permanent Pastor.

In January of 1995 the Rev. Candace R. Shultis was elected pastor. She continued to faithfully serve the MCCDC faith community through December 2007 and is now the pastor of King of Peace MCC in St. Petersburg, Florida.