While in high school, Alex accepted Jesus into his life at a Youth for Christ event. His pastor in Collingwood recognized his gift for being a future minister.

After his time at TBC, he earned degrees from Western University in 1956, from Knox College, Toronto in 1960,and from Fuller Theological Seminary in 1984.

The first church he pastored was in Baddeck, Nova Scotia. Then Sherbrooke, Quebec, Islington, Ontario, and New Westminister, B.C., before returning to Toronto at Knox Presbyterian Church on Spadina Ave. In 1972-73 and again in 1988-89, he served the Presbyterian Church in Canada in the area of evangelism. He also taught as a professor at TBC.

He retired in 1996 and moved to his farm property outside of Chesley, Ontario. During his retirement, he could be found preaching almost every Sunday in Presbyterian churches in Grey Bruce until failing health forced him to stop. He died on September 16, 2022.

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