Alan Cristales, "with a heart for serving … the least of these,” has been involved in the non-profit charitable sector in Toronto since 2006 serving vulnerable and marginalized communities. In 2022, along with his wife, they embarked on the journey of planting a bilingual church plant in Rexdale – a community that is deemed to be high-risk and underserved in Toronto’s west-end. In 2024, Rev. Alan was assigned to the role of Executive Director for Nazarene Compassionate Ministries Canada.