Jim McNicol moved with his wife, Jeanette, to the DeKalb area from

southern California in 2005. In California, they served as staff members for

about twenty years in the college ministry of their local church. As leaders

of small group Bible studies, as well as on camps and retreats, they gained

a greater appreciation of community and the application of truth for this

demographic of God’s people.

Jim has recently served as an elder for seven years in his previous church

community, of which they were committed members since moving to the

area. He also taught Sunday school (kids, grades 3-5) there. Through

circumstances orchestrated only by the Lord, he and many from that

church body found a new home in First Baptist Church, Sycamore. Though

no longer an elder, Jim remains a Sunday school teacher, a member of

FBCs care team, while he and Jeanette lead and host a home Bible

fellowship for adults.

Jim is honored to be invited and accepted onto the Network of Nations

board of directors. For many years he and Jeanette looked forward to

hosting the occasional Intercultural Cafe with their church, becoming

acquainted with many internationals in a vital, yet casual, setting. Now, Jim

is climbing aboard with a group of well-grounded Christ followers for the

sake of the gospel in a mission field in their own backyard. He looks

forward to working with the NoN team and serving these wonderful

students sojourning in this part of God’s kingdom.