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06-10-90 – Thank You, Lord – Psalm 116 – 10:45
09-16-90 – Introducing Jesus Christ – Romans 1;1-7 – 10:45
09-23-90 – Preaching With Power – Romans 1;8-17 – 10:45
09-30-90 – Without Excuse – Romans 1;18-35 – 10:45
10-07-90 – When the Hypocrite Meets God – Romans 2;1-16 – 10:45
10-14-90 – Religion Without Love – Romans 2;17-29 – 10:45
10-21-90 – Man’s Extremity-God’s Opportunity – Romans 3;1-23 – 10:45
10-28-90 – God’s Solution to Our Problem – Romans 3;19-31 – 10:45
11-25-90 – Practical Benefits of Faith II – Romans 5;1-10 – 10:45
12-23-90 – God’s Christmas Gift – Romans 5;12-21 – 10:45
03-31-91 – He Is Risen – Matthew 28;1-10 – 10:45
04-07-91 – An Old Formula For A New Beginning – Romans 6 – 10:45
04-14-91 – Who’s In Charge – Romans 6;10-23 – 10:45
04-21-91 – Who’s In Charge II – Romans 6;16-23 – 10:45
05-12-91 – Mother; Blessed & Praised – Proverbs 31;10-31 – 10:45
05-19-91 – Unhappy In Christ – Romans 7;7-25 – 10:45
05-26-91 – The Victorious Christian I – Romans 8;1-4 – 10:45
06-02-91 – The Victorious Christian II – Romans 8;5-13 – 10:45
06-09-91 – Victorious Christian III – Romans 8, 9-13
07-07-91 – The Victorious Christian IV – Romans 8;14-17 – 10:45
07-14-91 – The Victorious Christian V – Romans 8;18-25 – 10:45
07-21-91 Victorious Christian VI – Rom 8,26-30
09-15-91 A Fatal Trip – Romans 9,1-33 – 10:45
09-22-91 – Zeal Without Knowledge – Romans 10;1-21 – 10:45
10-06-91 – Broken Off and Grafted In – Romans 11 – 10:45
10-13-91 – Please RSVP – Romans 12;1-2 – 10:45
11-03-91 – God’s Will For Me – Romans 12;3 – 10:45
02-09-92 – Fervent In Spirit – Romans 12;11 – 10:45
02-16-92 – Continuing With God – Romans 12;12-13 – 10:45
03-01-92 – Continuing In Prayer – Romans 12;12 – 10:45
03-08-92 – Continuing In Prayer II – Romans 12;12 – 10:45
03-15-92 – Continuing In Prayer III – Romans 12;12 – 10;45
03-22-92 – Continuing In Prayer IV – Phil 4;6-9 – 10:45
04-19-92 – Resurrection Impact – Colossians 3;1-4 – 10:45
05-24-92 – Caring and Sharing – Romans 12;13-21 – 10:45
05-31-92 – Try Harder – Romans 12;18 – 10:45
06-07-92 – Submission To Authority – Romans 13;1-7 – 10:45
06-28-92 – Wake Up – Romans 13;8-14 – 10:45
07-05-92 – Time to Wake Up – Romans 13;11-14 – 10:45
07-12-92 – The Strong and the Weak – Romans 14;1-3 – 10:45- missing sections
07-19-92 – The Strong and the Weak II – Romans 14;14-23 – 10:45
08-16-92 – To the Glory of God – Romans 15;1-7 – 10:45
08-23-92 – Wrapping It Up – Romans 15;8-14 – 10:45
James George Dixon, Jr.
1922-1994
James George Dixon, Jr. was born in Coffeeville, KS on February 3, 1922. He was raised in Wichita, KS by a father who was an officer of a major flour mill and a mother who was well-known in her community as a Bible Teacher. It was in one of her weekly Bible classes in her home that he became a Christian. It was also here that Dorothy Hoidale, his high school sweetheart, committed her life to Jesus Christ. They married soon after and traveled to Los Angeles to attend Biola. After several children – and several moves – he graduated from Wooster College and then from Grace Theological Seminary.
He served several short-term pastorates in the Grace Brethren denomination before moving to Washington, DC in 1951 to become pastor of the First Brethren Church in downtown Washington, only a few blocks from Capitol Hill. In 1962 he became the pastor of a new church, the Grace Brethren Church of Greater Washington, in Temple Hills, Maryland. It was here that Pastor Dixon, and his wife, Dorothy, founded a Christian school and served as the senior pastor of a growing congregation until his retirement in 1992.
During this time, his church grew dramatically, a fact he attributed to the two major strengths of his ministry:
- Faithful expository preaching of the scriptures.
- Careful and sensible administration
Rev. Dixon believed in the power of the Word of God, and his preaching reflected his confidence in the relevance of the Bible as a practical guide for a positive and dynamic Christian life. As a consequence, his preaching was powerful and convicting. But he also believed that administration was essential to a successful ministry. And he believed that seminaries too often defaulted on providing their students with practical experience in preparation for the pastorate. He took it upon himself to provide such experience to his young assistant pastors and mentored them to the point where they could become senior pastors in satellite churches he started in Waldorf, Calvert, and Frederick, MD.
In 1996 the James G. Dixon, Jr. Scholarship Fund was established by members of the family in his memory to allow students at Wheaton College to gain the kinds of mentoring that Rev. Dixon believed was so important for prospective pastors. Selected students may secure a summer internship in one of the four churches he founded, working with one of the pastors he mentored, or in another evangelical church under a pastor whose vision is similar to that of Rev. Dixon.
James and Dorothy Dixon had six children, five of whom served in full time Christian ministry: Richard Dixon, CEO of the P. B. Hoidale Company; Dr. Paula S. Martinez, a professor at Wheaton College (1980-1995); Dr. Paul Dixon, a pastor; Dr. James G. Dixon, III (’71), a professor at Grove City College; Peter Dixon, a principal of a Christian School; and Debbie Greene (’79), a pastor’s wife and counselor.