Our Pastor
Paul Nixon is the pastor of Epicenter Church. A native of central Texas and southern California, Paul’s adventure with Jesus began when he was a very small child, raised by Christian parents. When he was 15, Paul felt God calling him to be a pastor.
Today, Paul is a single dad, 45 years old, with a son in college. He has published three books related to the challenge of living out Christian faith in today’s world, with a fourth in the works. For the past several years, Paul and his son lived on the coast of northwest Florida, where Paul served first on the leadership team of the 4000-member Gulf Breeze United Methodist Church, and then as the founding pastor of Gulf Breeze Church’s east campus, the Community Life Center.
(Published books: Fling Open the Doors: Giving the Church Away to the Community, Abingdon Press 2002. Healing Spiritual Amnesia, Abingdon Press 2004, I Refuse to Lead a Dying Church, Pilgrim Press 2007.)
Paul brings experience from a variety of Christian denominations through his leadership coaching work. In his personal spiritual journey, he has special ties to the world of United Methodists, Baptists and the United Church of Christ. When asked what denomination he is, he will usually just say, “I’m with Jesus.”
Paul loves traveling, swimming, live theater and just savoring a good cup of coffee or glass of wine with friends, new or old. Don’t be surprised to occasionally find him writing or working on his teaching, with a pocket Bible in hand, in the cheap seats at Wizards or Nationals games. You may find him in one of the many offbeat bookstores in the city - or in a little coffee shop somewhere. If you know a good bookstore that he has probably not found or a coffee spot to recommend (or decent baseball seats to share), please Contact Us. Paul is an extrovert, and sees most of the world as friends he has yet to get to know, so feel free to email him anytime.
Epicenter Church is a new Christian Faith community focused on serving the people who live in the urban expanse of greater Washington DC.