Bloomfield Drive.

The work of the Belfast City Mission Bloomfield was initiated from the beginnings of Bloomfield Presbyterian Church. Around 1894 Sunday services were held in the local National School. Eventually the Church was to move to its present meeting house in December 1898. The Church requested that meetings should continue in the school and a member of the then congregation was asked to conduct these. After a period of time services were held in houses in Steens Row, Bloomfield Street and East Bread Street, these took the form of cottage meetings. The Kirk Session of Bloomfield Presbyterian realised the importance of these meetings that they approached the Belfast City Mission to ask that they would appoint a Missionary to the district. Mr Edwin Logan was the first Missionary. The house in Bloomfield Street where the meetings were held proved to be too small to accommodate the growth in the work. So the work was transferred to East Bread Street in 1922 and a hall was opened in August 1923.

Mr Edwin Logan (1923-1959)

Mr Robert J Jess (1959-1961)

Mr J Desmond Ayre (1961-1968)

Mr Ernest Shooter (1968-1975)

Mr WJ Montgomery (1975-1986)

Mr David Surgenor (1986-1999)

Mr Harry Creighton (1999-2001)

Mr Frank Lee (2001-2003)

Mr Philip McCullough (2003-2004)

Mr John Martin (2004-2010)

Mr David Bisset (2010-2014)

Mr Tom Marshall (2014-2023)

Mr Jordan Neill (2023-present)

As ever after almost 125 years the aim of the Belfast City Mission Bloomfield Drive is to build bridges with the community, make friends and develop relationships, but above all this  is to win the lost for the Saviour in the district of Bloomfield Drive.