Vic Nixon

REV. VICTOR H. NIXON

Rev. Nixon was born in Lavaca, Arkansas, June 26,1940, the son of Harmon and Louise Rankin Nixon. He graduated from Lavaca High School in 1958, from Hendrix College with a B.A. in History and Political Science, 1962, and received a Master of Divinity degree with Honors from Perkins School of Theology, S.M.U., in 1967. He was selected as a Perkins Distinguished Alumnus in 1989.

Rev. Nixon is married to the former Frances (Freddie) Henley of McGehee, Arkansas. They have one daughter, Aubrey Nixon.

He was ordained deacon and received into Probationary Membership in the North Arkansas Conference of The United Methodist Church in 1965, and ordained elder and received into Full Membership in 1967.

Appointments served include the following: Associate Pastor, Central United Methodist Church, Fayetteville, 1967- 72; First United Methodist Church, Berryville, 1972- 75; Huntington Avenue United Methodist Church, Jonesboro, 1975-77; Associate Director, North Arkansas Conference Council on Ministries, 1977 -1979; Arkansas Area Director, Cooperative Parish Ministries, 1979-83; Senior Pastor, First United Methodist Church, Batesville, 1983-87; Senior Pastor, First United Methodist Church, Russellville, 1987 -92, Pulaski Heights United Methodist Church, Little Rock, 1992-present.

He has served on a number of conference boards and agencies, including Board of Ordained Ministry, Committee on Nominations and Personnel, Worship, Interfaith Hunger Task Force, Little Rock Conference on Leadership in Ministry, and Board of Pensions. He was appointed in 1988 by Governor Bill Clinton to the Arkansas Juvenile Advisory Group which supervises programs for pre- adjudicatory juvenile delinquents. He is a member of the West Little Rock Rotary Club and currently serves on the Boards of Central Arkansas Red Cross and the Alzheimer's Association.

He has taught courses in a number of Schools of Christian Mission, and served on the faculty of the Course of Study School at Perkins School of Theology, SMU, where he taught Old Testament interpretation. He has been a Field Supervisor for five Perkins Interns and served as a mentor in the Perkins Mentors Program.

He was a reserve delegate to the South Central Jurisdiction Conference in 1976, and a delegate to the World Methodist Conference, Nairobi, Kenya, in 1986. The summer of 1988 he participated in a study tour on "Peace, Development and Disarmament" in the Soviet Union and German Democratic Republic. He was elected as a delegate to the 1992 and 2000 South Central Jurisdiction Conference and as a reserve delegate to the 1992 and 2000 General Conference. In July 2001 he served at the 18th World Methodist Conference in England.

His hobbies include reading, writing, languages, jogging, hiking, fishing, bridge, photography, and travel.

		Vic Nixon REV. VICTOR H. NIXON Rev. Nixon was born in Lavaca, Arkansas, June 26,1940, the son of Harmon and Louise Rankin Nixon. He graduated from Lavaca High School in 1958, from Hendrix College with a B.A. in History and Political Science, 1962, and received a Master of Divinity degree with Honors from Perkins School of Theology, S.M.U., in 1967. He was selected as a Perkins Distinguished Alumnus in 1989. Rev. Nixon is married to the former Frances (Freddie) Henley of McGehee, Arkansas. They have one daughter, Aubrey Nixon. He was ordained deacon and received into Probationary Membership in the North Arkansas Conference of The United Methodist Church in 1965, and ordained elder and received into Full Membership in 1967. Appointments served include the following: Associate Pastor, Central United Methodist Church, Fayetteville, 1967- 72; First United Methodist Church, Berryville, 1972- 75; Huntington Avenue United Methodist Church, Jonesboro, 1975-77; Associate Director, North Arkansas Conference Council on Ministries, 1977 -1979; Arkansas Area Director, Cooperative Parish Ministries, 1979-83; Senior Pastor, First United Methodist Church, Batesville, 1983-87; Senior Pastor, First United Methodist Church, Russellville, 1987 -92, Pulaski Heights United Methodist Church, Little Rock, 1992-present. He has served on a number of conference boards and agencies, including Board of Ordained Ministry, Committee on Nominations and Personnel, Worship, Interfaith Hunger Task Force, Little Rock Conference on Leadership in Ministry, and Board of Pensions. He was appointed in 1988 by Governor Bill Clinton to the Arkansas Juvenile Advisory Group which supervises programs for pre- adjudicatory juvenile delinquents. He is a member of the West Little Rock Rotary Club and currently serves on the Boards of Central Arkansas Red Cross and the Alzheimer's Association. He has taught courses in a number of Schools of Christian Mission, and served on the faculty of the Course of Study School at Perkins School of Theology, SMU, where he taught Old Testament interpretation. He has been a Field Supervisor for five Perkins Interns and served as a mentor in the Perkins Mentors Program. He was a reserve delegate to the South Central Jurisdiction Conference in 1976, and a delegate to the World Methodist Conference, Nairobi, Kenya, in 1986. The summer of 1988 he participated in a study tour on "Peace, Development and Disarmament" in the Soviet Union and German Democratic Republic. He was elected as a delegate to the 1992 and 2000 South Central Jurisdiction Conference and as a reserve delegate to the 1992 and 2000 General Conference. In July 2001 he served at the 18th World Methodist Conference in England. His hobbies include reading, writing, languages, jogging, hiking, fishing, bridge, photography, and travel.

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