Rev. Knight has served in the Florida Annual Conference since January, 1981. He was appointed to Bethel UMC in 1994. His previous appointments include: The Glen Julia / Sycamore Circuit (1981-1990); and Pisgah (1990-1994). Rev. Knight has also served as District Mission Secretary and the Conference Work Area on Missions and is currently on the Conference Discipleship Team. Rev. Knight is on the Board of Directors of Lifeline Ministries International, a mission and evangelism ministry affiliated with the South Georgia Conference of the UMC. He is also editor of the District Dispatch (the Tallahassee District Newsletter) and is active in Walk to Emmaus and Tres Dias.

Here is Rev. Alex Knight (Bethel UMC), Rev. Anne Robertson (Trinity UMC, Gainesville, FL.), and Rev. John Clements (Morningside UMC, Thomasville, GA.) in a picture taken at the Big Bend Women's Walk to Emmaus #4 in October, 1997.