In 1994, he was ordained as a Baptist Pastor in Queensland and was the Youth and Young Adults Pastor t Ashgrove Baptist with a group of 300 youth and young adults. He then became the Senior Pastor at The Gap Baptist Church. Neil has a B.Th and M.A. Theol. He became the Principal of Capernwray, Australia in 2002. In 2012, Neil moved back to Brisbane to take up a lecturer position at Malyon College where he worked until 2017.
Neil currently trains ethnic Pastors, many of whom have been refugees from other countries and still teaches at Capernwray Bible Schools.