While at Laaiplek he became involved in Christian youth education and decided to change his career and trained for the Anglican ministry.
After graduation in 1966, he worked at Nyanga, Cape Town and in the surrounding rural areas.
The political and social pressures of life in the Apartheid-era South Africa in the 1970s and 80s took their toll on his health.
In recognition of his work in the diocese, Nashotah House conferred on him an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree.
On completion of that assignment he returned to Johannesburg to assist at the parish of Christ the King in Sophiatown.