 He was president-elect of the Uniting Church in Australia from 1997 to 2000, president of the Uniting Church in Australia from 2000 to 2003, and ex-president from 2003 to 2006.He was chairperson of the National Heads of Churches from 2000 to 2003.From 2005 to 2014 he served as minister-in-association of Canberra Central Parish of the Uniting Church (Wesley and St. Aidan's Churches), and since 2015 he has been minister-in-association of St Paul's and Armitage Uniting Church Parish, Mackay, Queensland.