OUR VISION: To see the Methodist Movement alive, vibrant, growing and yearning to spread the good news of Christ Jesus throughout the whole world through word, deed and sign!
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Eddie Fox, World Director of Evangelism declares:
God has raised up the Methodist movement, 70 million people in 130 countries
around the world, not for its own sake, but for the world's sake!
Dr. H. Eddie Fox has served since 1989 as the World Director of Evangelism, the World Methodist Council and as the Executive Director (1992) of the World Methodist Evangelism Institute. He is responsible for leading 16 Regional Secretaries of World Evangelism in developing indigenous evangelism on every continent. The World Methodist Council, an association of churches belonging to the Methodist tradition and representing over 70 million constituents in more than 130 countries, is challenging member congregations to do world evangelization together. As the World Director Dr. Fox preaches World Evangelism missions, teaches and encourages lay and clergy to be about the ministry of sharing the good news of Jesus Christ. When Dr. Billy Graham learned of Dr. Fox's appointment to the ministry of World Evangelism he said, "I believe God has chosen you for such an hour as this. You will be in my prayers."
Prior to his election
as World Director in January 1989, Dr. Fox served as the chief staff Executive
of Evangelism for the 9.7 million-member United Methodist Church. While serving
on the General Board of Discipleship, Dr. Fox created the Key Event Celebration
program, directed and expanded the New Life Mission, and was the visionary
and planner for the highly successful national schools of evangelism, OFFERING
CHRIST TODAY, which have attracted more than 10,000 participants. Previously,
Dr. Fox served as the pastor of growing congregations for 16 years in the
Holston Conference in the states of Tennessee and Virginia.
The author of several books, including Grace-Esteem, Living a New Life, Inherit
the Kingdom, Key Event Manual, Getting the Story Straight (co-author), In
the Meantime (co-author). He has co-authored with George E. Morris the best
selling resources for Christian witnessing: Faith-Sharing (book and teaching
video), Let the Redeemed of the Lord, SAY SO!, and The Faith-Sharing New Testament
With Psalms. Dr. Fox has preached and lectured in more than 75 countries,
throughout the United States of America, and at national and international
conferences and convocations of evangelism and youth on every continent in
the world. He is often referred to as the "best known Methodist evangelist
in the World." He has been noted in the National best selling secular
book Selling the Dream by Guy Kawasaki, "bar none, the best speaker and
speech instructor that I've ever seen." Dr. Fox is a regular faculty
member of the Billy Graham Schools of Evangelism which have enabled, equipped
and encouraged thousands of pastors from more than a hundred denominations
to be about the task of evangelization.
A Graduate of Hiwassee Junior College (Associate Arts) and Tennessee Wesleyan (B.A.), he completed the theological degree (B.D.) at Emory University/Candler School of Theology, achieving the Dean's Award for the highest academic average of his class. In addition, he earned the Doctorate from Vanderbilt Divinity School and received the Doctor of Divinity degree from Tennessee Wesleyan. He was recognized for his creative and committed ministry of World evangelization by receiving the Distinguished Evangelist Award from the Foundation for Evangelism of the United Methodist Church. In May 1997 Fox received a Doctor of Divinity from Asbury Theological Seminary. In 2000, he received the prestigious Seat of Honor from the World Methodist Council for his contribution to the World Methodist Movement. During the past decade, the World Methodist family has grown at the rate of one million persons per year for an increase of ten million.
On the call to evangelization, Fox said, "We must evangelize because God, incarnate in Jesus Christ, is the evangelistic God who through the Holy Spirit seeks and pursues all persons everywhere to restore and make persons and creation whole."
Fox and his wife Mary Nell are the parents of three children, a daughter Gaye Nell, twin sons Tim and Tom, and are the very proud grandparents of Arden, Grayson, William, Simon and Jasmine.