Meet Jamey.
Dr. Jamey Nichols is a pastor, counselor, and educator who has spent more than three decades in vocational ministry across Michigan. A self-described “country boy” who entered ministry in 1992, he has served churches large and small — including eighteen years as senior pastor of First Congregational Church in Stanton, Michigan. Since 2020 he has worked as a specialized interim pastor, coming alongside congregations in transition between pastors or struggling to develop their ministries and staff.
That work draws on an unusually broad background. Alongside his pastoral training, Nichols holds a master’s in counseling psychology, served for years as a licensed psychologist and pastoral counselor, and is a trained civil mediator. He has helped churches, pastors, and families navigate complex psychological, marital, and interpersonal situations — a rare pairing of pastoral conviction and real clinical skill that shapes how he teaches and mentors.
Nichols loves teaching and mentoring, and believes one of the best things he can do is “multiply himself for the sake of the Kingdom” (Psalm 16:2–3 is a guiding passage). He has taught as an adjunct professor at Cornerstone University and Montcalm Community College — where he was named Adjunct Faculty of the Year — and now teaches at Anchor Christian University as a ministry training mentor. His teaching encourages critical thinking, biblical-worldview development, and life-long learning, all undergirded by a deep love for the Lord; he relates to students with expectations that are high and equally grace-filled.
For Nichols, the overarching goal of every class is the glory of God through Christ Jesus — a conviction that fits Anchor’s model closely: students learn from a practitioner still in the work, pastoring real churches and walking with real people rather than teaching from a distance. He and his wife Michelle have three married children and four grandchildren; outside of ministry he can usually be found kayaking, gardening, cutting wood, or tackling a home-remodeling project.