About the Mission & who we are
The Christian church for various reasons has found itself divided into groups called denominations. At one time these were to reconcile differences in opinion amongst the believers. Lately, there have been attempts to merge churches, to combine congregations. This is noble. However, we believe that the diversity of the denominations is in itself a strength. Not all flowers are the same. God's promise is the sign of the rainbow: not all the colours are the same. They all belong there. They all should be side by side. The rainbow would be incomplete if any one colour was missing.
If we are blue, we should not pretend to be red. If we are green, we should not try to smother out yellow. We all belong. We're meant to be here. The denominations have grown up for their various reasons and have been shaped by history, and indeed they have shaped history. They need celebrating, not diminishing or merging. Co-operation is fine, mutual respect and working for common aims and goals: noble. However, let us not work towards a Christian monolith. We need to be the many, worshipping the One God.

This mission exists to promote the strengths of the various denominations by education and support. It also supports, by inclusion, independants and non-denominationals. It is not our job to promote one denomination above another, or to judge their systems or merits, or to condemn aspects of their belief. Everyone is responsible for their own salvation. We will support each and every Christian either as a part of a denomination or as an individual.

Constitution Document of CDM
Volunteer policy
Code of Conduct for Preachers
Opportunities for independant ministers & other volunteers


Contact Us:  We are all part-time so email is our preferred mode of communication.email: pastor@crossdenominationalmission.org.ukphone: 07765 481114  Leave a message or better still send a text (of course, email is better again!) post: 44, Horsham Avenue, Bournemouth, United Kingdom, BH10 7JD. This is a mail receiving address only; there is no facility to receive visitors.

Pastor GeneralThe Rt. Revd. Adrian S. Glover OCR, OSJ. - Pastor General
Became Methodist Lay Preacher in 1991, ordained in Apostolic Faith Church in 1996,
serving as Overseer, a position equivalent to Bishop. Incardinated into the Liberal Rite, which merged with the Ancient Catholic Church to become the Liberal Catholic Apostolic Church.  Consecrated Titular Bishop of Naim in 2009 of that church.
Adrian is also General Secretary of the Independent Catholic Churches Council (ICCC).  Click here to see credentials.

Revd Pastor CartmanRevd. Pastor Clare Cartman, Wiltshire, UK.  Clare is an online Pastor of the mission reaching out to those mainly young people, online, who are struggling with their faith. She works entirely online and administers our facebook community.
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Mike YoungMr Mike Young, RSStS - Lay Pastor. Mike comes from a Quaker background and is our PrayerTree co-ordinator.  He joined the Liberal Catholic Church in 1995, receiving confirmation from the late Bishop Johannes van Alphen.  Mike has a wide and varied understanding of denominational history and is a member of the Religious Society of St Simon. In secular life he has a Civil Service background. Click here to see credentials


Revd Pastor Barry FrierRevd Pastor Barry Frier. Barry is pastor of St Christophers Community Church in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, a congregation he has served since 2001. Barry has experience of many different denominations and a wealth of worship styles. He loves listening to music and drinking coffee!  Click here to see credentials




Revd Pastor Darren BolamRevd Pastor Darren Bolam. Darren is a pastor of St Christophers Community Church in Rotherham, South Yorkshire. Darren serves as youth pastor and assistant to Barry. He attended a Roman Catholic church during his teens as was a member of a group called the Maltfriscans.  Click here to see credentials





Bishop David UptonThe Rt. Revd David Upton is an LCAC bishop and pastor in this mission. Bishop David serves as Father Custodian of the Male Chapter of the Companions of Christ crucified which is a Liberal Catholic Apostolic Church Order that he serves in a spirit of ecumenical outreach. In secular life David is a Nurse.
As a pastor in CDM, David is honoured to serve by offering funeral ministry, baptisms and naming ceremonies, weddings and partnership blessings. Click here to see credentials

Bishop Andrew HallThe Rt. Revd. Andrew Hall is an LCAC bishop and pastor in this mission. Bishop Andrew serves as Rector of St Kentigerns in Glasgow and is President of the Religious Society of St Simon which is a Liberal Catholic Apostolic Church society that he serves in a spirit of ecumenical outreach. In secular life Andrew works in the security profession. As a pastor in CDM, Andrew is pleased to offer funerals, baptisms, naming ceremonies and other life experience services. Click here to see credentials.Dorothy Shurgrue

The Very Revd. Dorothy Shugrue. Dorothy is an LCAC priest and comes from a catholic background. She spent many years as a member of the community of the Sisters of Notre Dame. Dot+ has become our representative in the movement for Roman Catholic Women Priests in the USA.  In addition to her serving as a priest, she serves also as chaplain in the hospice care environment.  
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Revd Pastor Judie GellingRevd. Pastor Judie Gelling, Alloa, Scotland. UK  Judie is a Pastor of the St Judes mission in Alloa. Judie is creative and very active in the world of poetry. A mother and grandmother, she was one of the founders of Benedictus in Swindon, before leaving to further her serving in Scotland.  Click here to see credentials




Revd Will PritchardRevd. Will Pritchard. Will is an interfaith minister and pastor in California USA. Baptised and confirmed by the Lutheran Church, Will went on to seek spiritual enlightenment elsewhere in his teens and twenties. Namely through loud rock music, esoteric doctrines on magic and the burning of noxious substances. With over a decade of experience and study within the near and far reaches of philosophical thought, Will can relate to quite a variety of personal spiritual experience.  Will has an active ministry and outreach and is also training for priesthood in the LCAC.
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