Ordained in 1959, he had exercised a long and varied ministry in Paterson, N.J. (1959-64), Grove Chapel, Camberwell, London (1967-69), Kingstree, S.C. (1970-75), Reformed Seminary in Jackson Miss. (where he served as professor of church history and then of systematic theology, 1975 -82), Memphis, Tenn. (1983-93), Grand Rapids, Mich. (1993-2000, where, remarkably, a new gallery had to be built to hold the increased congregation). He was then drawn out of ‘retirement’ to First Presbyterian Church in Columbia, S.C. (2001-2005).