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[[File:Jacob W. Nickel.jpg|200px|thumb|right|''Jacob W. Nickel. Photo credit: Mennonitische Rundschau, 25 Jan 1984: 26.'']]
Jacob W. Nickel: teacher and pastor; born 15 March 1912 in Krassikov, [[Pleshanovo Mennonite Settlement (Orenburg Oblast, Russia)|Pleshanovo (Neu Samara) Mennonite Settlement]], Russia to Jacob J. Nickel (b. 1886) and Anna (Wiebe) Nickel (1886-1955). On 29 October 1941 he married Frieda Unger in [[Coaldale (Alberta, Canada)|Coaldale]], Alberta, Canada. They had five children: Gwen, Edgar, Lois, Glen and Vicki. Jacob died on 18 November 1983 in [[Wichita (Kansas, USA)|Wichita]], Kansas, USA and is buried in the [[Lorraine Avenue Mennonite Church (Wichita, Kansas, USA)|Lorraine Avenue Mennonite Church]] cemetery in Wichita, Kansas.

In 1924 the Nickel family immigrated to Canada, settling in Aberdeen, Saskatchewan. Jacob's father had been a minister in Neu Samara, and became the leader of the [[Aberdeen Mennonite Church (Aberdeen, Saskatchewan, Canada)|Aberdeen Mennonite Church]] upon their arrival in Canada. Jacob began his post secondary education at the [[Winkler Bible Institute (Winkler, Manitoba, Canada)|Winkler Bible School]]. From 1944 until 1946 Jacob served as the pastor of the United Mennonite Church in Mission (now [[Cedar Valley Mennonite Church (Mission, British Columbia, Canada)|Cedar Valley Mennonite Church]]) while teaching at Bethel Bible Institute. Between 1946 and 1948 he earned a BA degree at [[Bethel College (North Newton, Kansas, USA)|Bethel College]] in Newton, Kansas. By 1958 he had completed both an MA and a PhD at the Iliff School of Theology in Denver, Colorado.

Jacob was active in a variety of ministries. During World War II he served as a chaplain to [[Conscientious Objection|conscientious objectors]]. Between 1948 and 1950 he provided pastoral care in several Brazilian and Paraguayan churches under the auspices of the [[General Conference Mennonite Church (GCM)|General Conference Mennonite Church]]. He also served as a minister in several congregations. Primarily, however, he is remembered for his long teaching career, with appointments at [[Menno Bible Institute (Didsbury, Alberta, Canada)|Menno Bible Institute]] in Didsbury, Alberta (1938-1942), [[Bethel Bible Institute (Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada)|Bethel Bible Institute]] in Abbotsford, British Columbia (1943-1946), Bethel College in Newton, Kansas (1958-1961), Centenary College in Shreveport, Louisiana (1962-1965), and Friends University in Wichita, Kansas (1965-1977).
= Bibliography =
GRANDMA (The <strong>G</strong>enealogical <strong>R</strong>egistry <strong>an</strong>d <strong>D</strong>atabase of <strong>M</strong>ennonite <strong>A</strong>ncestry) Database, 6.02 ed. Fresno, CA: <span class="link-external">[http://calmenno.org/index.htm California Mennonite Historical Society]</span>, 2010: #405686.
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