INTRODUCING the Moderator Nominating Committee

The Governing Board, after reviewing recommendations from the Governance Committee, has approved five (5) candidates to serve as the Moderator Nominating Committee (MNC) through General Conference 2025. 

Please join us in congratulating the following persons as they are charged to do this work of the Moderator Nominating Committee per the UFMCC Bylaws Article V.E.2.a.:

• MODERATOR NOMINATING COMMITTEE: The Governing Board shall appoint a Moderator Nominating Committee of five (5) persons. The responsibility of the Moderator Nominating Committee is to actively solicit candidates for the position, review any and all applications, and select up to five (5) qualified candidates. The qualified candidates shall be presented by the Governing Board to the General Conference for election. UFMCC Bylaws Effective 19 July 2022.

Join us in welcoming these five people into service as the Moderator Nominating Committee (MNC) for MCC’s General Conference 2025!

Email them a message of welcome at MNC@MCCchurch.net.



Gilbert (GV) Basbas, He/Him

A Church For All MCC

Sacramento, California, USA

I’m Reverend Gilbert Victor “GV” Basbas, Associate Pastor of A Church For All MCC near Sacramento, California, USA. Via our outreach programs, I help provide mental health respite and facilitate suicide prevention in the Sacramento area. At the denominational level, I serve as coordinator for the global MCC Asian Pacific Islander Kinship Group. I was born and raised in Quezon City, Philippines. After graduating from high school in 1998, I immigrated to the United States, settled with my family in the San Francisco Bay Area and pursued a career in pharmaceutical engineering. I began my MCC journey on a date at A Church For All MCC in the summer of 2010. Several years later, I moved to the northeastern United States for seminary and attended both MCC Hartford and MCC Boston. As clergy intern, I also served as co-founder of the Elm City Oasis MCC Community in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. It has been my privilege to meet MCC members and clergy from around the world at every MCC General Conference since 2016. I have also been privileged to worship with Open Table MCC and MCC Marikina, both in the Metropolitan Manila Area of the Philippines. As pastor to marginalized communities of color, I believe it is a blessing to serve MCCers around the world as we journey together in choosing our next Moderator.

Kathy Coyle, She/Her

Trinity MCC, 

Gainesville, Florida USA

My name is Kathy Coyle. I live in Melrose, Florida, USA. My church is Trinity MCC in Gainesville, Florida, USA. I have been their Lay Delegate since 2017. I am taking part in the LEAD (Lay Empowerment for Active Discipleship) program and am part of LEAD 13. I was moved to apply for the Moderator’s Nominating Committee because of all that is going on politically in our country. Now more than ever I feel it is important for people to hear MCC’s message that they are loved by God. While I have not been active on a Denominational level, I feel strongly that MCC is still needed to stand up for social justice, therefore electing a Moderator will keep MCC moving into the future. 

Rev. Tijuana Gray, She/Her

New England USA

Rev. Dr. Tijuana Gray is pleased to serve on the Moderator Nominating Committee for 2025. She loves and is committed to the mission of MCC and takes as many opportunities as she can to support the work of that mission. Tijuana served on the last three Governing Board Nominating Committees, on the committee for the 2017 People of African Descent Conference, and on the Team for the former North Central US Network, in addition to pastoring two churches from 2015 to 2024. Tijuana recently moved from the US Heartland to New England to rehabilitate with her spouse after five years of long distance. While taking time allegedly to rest and adjust, she is preparing to turn her Doctor of Ministry project into a book, building her movement and bodywork practice, and talking with trees in the woods near her new home..

Rev. Kai Millar, They/Them

Northern Lights MCC,

Newcastle upon Tyme, United Kingdom

Kai has been a member of MCC for the past fifteen years. They attended Northern Lights MCC in Newcastle, England for 8 years and during this time followed their calling to train as clergy within MCC and completed REVM in 2018.  Prior to this Kai completed the Creating a Life that Matters (CLM) and LEAD. 

Kai served as a Trustee on the Board of Northern Lights MCC, on the worship team, offered 1:1 pastoral care and had oversight for the welcoming ministry at the church.

In 2019 Kai relocated to Edinburgh and completed their student ministry placement experience at “Our Tribe” and Augustine United Church. This is a joint ministry between MCC and the local United Reformed Church. Kai continued to support this LGBT+ ministry and the wider life of the church offering skills in outreach, worship and pastoral care.

Kai was ordained in 2022 and was appointed as Senior Pastor at Northern Lights MCC. This continues to be their current ministry position.

Alongside MCC ministry Kai has worked as a Hospital Chaplain for ten years in the National Health Service in England and Scotland providing pastoral and spiritual care in hospital and community settings.

They have attended the European Network Gatherings since 2016 and the General Conference in 2019 and 2022. Kai has been actively involved in the wider work of the denomination and has been a peer leader of The Trans Kinship group, a member of “Partners in Hope” and a regular attender at the Council of Elder’s Tea Time.

Teresa (Terry) White, She/Her

Imago Dei MCC,

Aston, Pennsylvania, USA

I am a member of Imago Dei MCC in Aston, PA, USA. I serve as a member of the Board of Stewards, Ministry Council, prayer leader, food bank, Sunday Supper, alternate Lay Delegate, and worship coordinator of my church. On the denomination level, I am a member of PAD-TNG, co-coordinator for the Northeast Network; former member of the Governing Board Nominating Committee, and the Holy Redeemer Transition Team. I recently came out of retirement to teach in a special program. I currently work with high school expectant mothers so that they can maintain their high school credits. I have also served as a grief counselor for senior citizens. I have a Masters level degree in Education, with several certifications, and over 30 years of varying experience. I am a L.E.A.D. 6 (Laity Empowered for Active Discipleship) graduate. The core value of inclusion is what drew me to MCC. I truly believe in inclusivity, ALL are welcome here. It is an honor to serve on the Moderator Nominating Committee (MNC). My mother was my greatest teacher and spiritual leader.