Meet the Team
Our District Minister
The District Minister is Rev’d CJ McGregor who works in support of ministers and leaders of the 25 congregations that make up the London and South East District of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches. This District stretches on the west from Oxford to Brighton, and on the east from Colchester to Dover.
Rev’d CJ’s work includes providing guidance and financial support to congregations, supporting publicity and publications, and organising District-wide events of a spiritual, religious and cultural nature. The largest of these is the annual Festival of Unitarians in the South East (FUSE).
Biographical background
Rev’d CJ McGregor became District Minister in August 2024. He comes to us with some twenty years of ministry experience in a variety of roles. Most recently CJ served as the minister with New Unity in London. Before settling in the UK he held leadership roles in non-profit organisations in New York and Massachusetts, served as the Minister for two Florida, two Massachusetts and one Rhode Island congregation in the United States. He served as Director of Religious Education for eight years in a Massachusetts congregation. Born and raised in the Adirondack Mountains in New York, Rev'd CJ and his husband Richard live in Wembley Park, London. Rev'd CJ and Richard have been partnered for over 34 years and were married in 2004. They have two adult sons and two bold yet affectionate chihuahuas.