Looking Ahead of a Denomination in Crisis
By Audrey Barrick
Christian Post Reporter
Sat, Jun. 30 2007

A United Methodist leader refuses to lead a dying church. Yet the current reality is a denomination in crisis, he indicated.

The Rev. Paul Nixon, author of recently released I Refuse to Lead a Dying Church, sees much hope in the United Methodist community. At the same time, however, he recognizes that the denomination is in "the midst of a cultural avalanche," Nixon wrote in the May/June issue of New World Outlook, a mission magazine of the United Methodist Church.

"Avalanches can roll on for a while and wipe out whole villages in their path. But if we are quick, nimble, and attentive in our skiing, we may escape burial in snow," he stated. the rest