The Reverend Jon Magee of Lochgelly Baptist Church was to be guest of honour at a reception on Tuesday, hosted by Dunfermline East MSP Helen Eadie.
Mr Magee (56) said: "I feel very encouraged that Helen has taken the time to do this."
He has been involved in a number of community based projects since he first came to Lochgelly in 1997.
He set up a community flat for the families of servicemen and women serving in the Gulf, which serves as a support network for Gulf War families.
He said: "The Army does a great job of looking after the wives, but there are other people who are not on the list of next of kin, like mums and dads. We made a place available for them to come together and talk. It's a kind of self-support network."
Other projects that he has been involved in include a support group for unemployed men, which has 18 members.
"We talk about whatever points they raise themselves. There have been times we have talked about health issues, and times we talked about their needs, and other times just reminisce."
Mr Magee is also involved in an organization called Marketplace Church, which sets up churches to work with businesses, giving employees the opportunity to talk confidentially about issues that affect them.
Last year, he also published a book entitled 'From Barren Rocks... To Living Stones' about his experiences of living under the threat of terrorism in Yemen in the '60s and his eventual evacuation from the Port of Aden.
He said "My father was in the Air Force, so by the time I had finished secondary school I had been in 14 different schools."
"It made it difficult educationally but I think I learned a lot."
After a stint in the RAF himself he joined the church and was assigned to a church on the island of Islay, and eventually to Lochgelly.
Dunfermline East MSP Helen Eadie has praised the work he has done for his community.
She said: "We really want to celebrate those sorts of initiative, that ask 'why are people hurting in the community and what can we do to help?'
"I think we should always highlight examples of when people have made a difference for others and want to continue making a difference."