Marcia Dixon MBE
Marcia Dixon MBE is one of the most well-known PR specialists within Britain’s black church community and runs MD Public Relations. In October 2020 Marcia was listed in the Queen’s Birthday Honour’s List and awarded an MBE for services to Inter Faith Relations. She is also a columnist with The Voice, Britain’s best-selling black newspaper and Keep The Faith, Britain’s leading magazine about the black faith community.
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GREAT SEXPECTATIONS: Why do I feel doomed to unrequited love?
In our fortnightly column ‘Great Sexpectations’ we answer your questions on sex, faith and intimacy. Drop us an email on womanalive@premier.org.uk and ask us anything. Here, Marcia Dixon answers someone who is tired of only experiencing unrequited love.
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GREAT SEXPECTATIONS: I want to marry a Christian man, but there are not many!
In our fortnightly column ‘Great Sexpectations’ we answer your questions on sex, faith and intimacy. Drop us an email on womanalive@premier.org.uk and ask us anything. Here, Marcia Dixon answers a reader who wants to marry a Christian man, but wonders where to meet them.
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GREAT SEXPECTATIONS: I’m engaged to a pastor and we’re pregnant. Should we bring the wedding forward?
In our fortnightly column ‘Great Sexpectations’ we answer your questions on sex, faith and intimacy. Drop us an email on womanalive@premier.org.uk and ask us anything. Here, Marcia Dixon helps a pregnant reader who wants to know if she should get married before the baby is born.
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‘Enough is enough’ for gun and knife violence
Broken-hearted by the death of Elianne Andam, Marcia Dixon gives a passionate call to us to engage with the issue of gun and knife violence
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The blessing of serving
Marcia Dixon highlights the servant heartedness of many women in the black Christian Church
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God has called women into every sphere of influence
Marcia Dixon explores how the black Pentecostal Church has encouraged women to step into all the roles God has for them
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Support for single mums
Marcia Dixon charts the complicated history the black Pentecostal Church has had with lone parents
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‘I’m glad that the prosperity gospel is on its way out’
Marcia Dixon charts the history of the black Pentecostal Church’s relationship with money
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‘If you can’t write, read’
Marcia Dixon says the black Church has hugely benefitted from the people who lift the lid on taboo subjects by telling their stories.
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Travel has helped me develop a greater understanding of my faith and family
Marcia Dixon shares her own personal experiences of travelling the world, including her first trip to Jamaica, her country of origin, and the different expressions of church
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Would it surprise you to learn 65 per cent of British black Caribbean women are single?
Marcia Dixon’s new book highlights the huge gender imbalance in the black Church, affecting a catch-all group of millennial, middle-aged and mature women who wish to be married
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Good health is not just a prayer away
Black people are more prone to certain illnesses and Marcia Dixon recognises that being a Christian cushioned her from this information and the seriousness of some health conditions
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Celebrating International Women's Day: Four black Christian leaders you need to know about
Marcia Dixon is convinced of the power of role models; here she tells us about those who have positively influenced her and many others
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Unpacking the strong black woman stereotype
Marcia Dixon explains the Christian narrative within this term and reflects on why many are rejecting it today
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Why should we care about the Black Church?
In our brand-new series, Marcia Dixon MBE, reveals the history of the Pentecostal movement in the UK
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This Black History Month I want to honour the ‘black church’ and the inspirational clergy who serve their communities
October is Black History Month Marcia Dixon MBE is celebrating the “black church”. Here she explains the impact the church had on her life and the many ways it positively influences the black community.
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The Queen’s passing gave me a new understanding of her incredible leadership, the day she awarded me an MBE was the proudest of my life
Marcia Dixon was awarded an MBE for her services to the Black Christian community for her work with The Voice newspaper as editor of Keep The Faith magazine. Here she reflects on the Queen and her leadership.
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Marcia Dixon MBE on her journey from student and part-time writer to the Queen’s honours list
In 1988 Marcia Dixon was a student who wrote a gospel music column, more than 30 years on she is a celebrated journalist who has just been awarded an MBE for inter faith relations. She reflects on the journey for Woman Alive.