Author Archives: Paul Nixon

About Paul Nixon

Paul Nixon is author of four books on church leadership, the latest of which is titled: Finding Jesus on the Metro: And Other Surprises Doing Church in a New Day. Paul serves part-time as a New Church Strategist on the Path 1 team and part-time as a mission developer working with young urban adults in the Washington DC area. Previously he served as Director of Congregational Development for Alabama-West Florida Conference and as the founding pastor of the Soundside Campus of Gulf Breeze UMC in northwest Florida.

What I Learned About Parachute Drop Church Planting

Posted on January 6, 2012 by Paul Nixon

by Paul Nixon, Path 1 New Church Strategist When I worked as a new church developer a few years back, the one thing I said I would never do is try to plant a new church as a parachute drop, … Continue reading →

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Church as an Acquired Taste

Posted on July 11, 2011 by Paul Nixon

by Paul Nixon, Path 1 New Church Strategist The first time I ever attended a conference meeting in the United Methodist Church, I was appalled. It was the most tedious and boring human gathering that I had ever witnessed. When … Continue reading →

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Nixon in China, Part 2

Posted on June 1, 2011 by Paul Nixon

by Paul Nixon, Path1 New Church Strategist (Editor’s note: Paul recently returned from a trip in which he studied the multiplication movements of the Asian church for a book he’s writing. This blog, and Part 1, which posted last week, … Continue reading →

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Nixon in China, Part 1

Posted on May 27, 2011 by Paul Nixon

by Paul Nixon, Path1 New Church Strategist (Editor’s note: Paul recently returned from a trip in which he studied the multiplication movements of the Asian church for a book he’s writing. This blog, and Part 2, which will post next … Continue reading →

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The Best Idea I Heard in the Philippines

Posted on April 29, 2011 by Paul Nixon

by Paul Nixon, Path 1 New Church Strategist As many of you know, I recently traveled in the central Philippines, visiting churches in three annual conferences (and preaching in two), learning from one of the fastest-expanding corners of United Methodism … Continue reading →

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The Church that Cowell Planted

Posted on March 23, 2011 by Paul Nixon

by Paul Nixon, Path  1 New Church Strategist Whatever you think of American Idol, it is the most successful television show in the history of… the world.  It was planted by music producer/entrepreneur/all around obnoxious guy, Simon Cowell. 

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The Art of Failure

Posted on November 2, 2010 by Paul Nixon

Ten years ago, Malcolm Gladwell wrote an essay by this title, which he published in the New Yorker.  That essay was re-circulated in the last year in a collection of his New Yorker essays, packaged under the title What the … Continue reading →

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