Pastor Frank Alexander was born into a family of preachers that included a grandfather and several uncles.  As a boy, he often preached the Sunday sermon he had just heard at a local Baptist Church in Louisiana.  His first pulpit was a flowering tree in his front yard.  By age 13, he was conducting funeral services for birds and animals, including the family pig.

Then the family moved to Texas.  Throughout his teen-age years in Fort Worth, Frank spent his extracurricular time in church activities.  He was a frequent speaker to church youth groups.  Occasionally, he participated in activities at the Bethlehem Community Center, A Methodist Church Ministry.  Through spending time with the Director, a Methodist Missionary, Frank developed an interest in missions.  Prior to this encounter, Frank had planned to become an electronic engineer.  That was his plan in spite of his longtime interest in preaching. However, Frank's new interest resulted in his matriculating at Bishop College.  He became certain of his call to the ministry on a summer night in 1964, when he was 21.  He was taking his usual shortcut across a field on the way home from work.  The words of a sermon seemed to tumble ahead of his steps.  He knew God was calling him to preach.  He announced his decision publicly, and the church affirmed the call.  Frank preached his first sermon from the Book of Hebrews about "A New Covenant."

One year later, after graduation, an employment opportunity with Job Corps brought Frank north to Indiana.  While working in the Jobs Corps he attended Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.  Leaving Job Corps in 1969, he became the Director of Gateway Christian Center in Muncie Indiana.  For the next five years, he did the "whole nine yards", fund-raising and managing the Youth Center and Health Clinic for all of Delaware County.  In 1974 he was commissioned as a Missionary of the American Baptist Churches USA and became the Director of the Edna Martin Christian Center in Indianapolis.  In 1975 he also began to Pastor the College Avenue Baptist Church of Indianapolis.  He later lead the church in relocating to Martindale-Brightwood Neighborhood and changed the name of the church to Oasis of Hope Baptist Church, where he has been ever since.  The Missionary calling has been a strong part of Frank's life and ministry, even as a pastor.  He has led Oasis in developing a strong missionary emphasis.  This includes sending missionaries to foreign fields and having the church tithe to missions.  As President of Mission for Rural Africa, Inc., Frank annually leads a team of short term missionaries to the mission field in Africa.  Frank involves himself in home missions as well.  This is seen in part in his community involvement as:

Pastor Alexander is married to Shirley J. Alexander.  They have five grown children.  Cedric, Frank, Nicole, Charisse and Michelle.

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