{"id":9701,"date":"2026-07-03T09:18:53","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T09:18:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theezraprojectchicago.com\/?p=9701"},"modified":"2026-07-05T08:28:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T08:28:15","slug":"ivory-nuckoll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theezraprojectchicago.com\/?p=9701","title":{"rendered":"Ivory Nuckolls"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">2018 President\u2019s Award for Denominational Support <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reverend Ivory Jean Nuckolls is the third of five generations of her family that serve at the Apostolic Church of God in Chicago, Illinois. She received the Holy Spirit at the age of fifteen and became highly involved in all facets of church ministry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To prepare herself for her calling, Reverend Nuckolls studied at the American Conservatory of Music and is accredited with her Bachelor Degree from DePaul University in Counseling and Therapy. She is a member of the Iota Psi Chapter of Kappa Delta Pi, an international honor society in education and has received her Masters Degree from DePaul University in Education and Human Services and Counseling. Reverend Nuckolls also studied at the Moody Bible Institute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reverend Nuckolls is married to Gerald R. Nuckolls, Jr. and together they have utilized their gifts in many ministries to further the Church, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Answering the call to preach and teach the word of God in the late 1980\u2019s, Reverend Nuckolls has furthered her ministry by serving in numerous capacities including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Assistant Pastor, Apostolic Church of God since Oct. 20, 1996<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Director of Pastoral Care, Apostolic Church of God<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Women\u2019s Committee<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Visitation and Family Life Ministry<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Recreation and Fitness Ministry<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Adviser, International and State Young People\u2019s Chair of the Pentecostal Assemblies of the World<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Adviser, International Pentecostal Young People\u2019s Union<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Adviser, Illinois District Council Women\u2019s Chair<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Liaison, Interdenominational Young People\u2019s Union<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Liaison, Interdenominational Board of Bishops Convention<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Assistant to the Presiding Prelate \u2013 International Pentecostal Assemblies of the World<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Conference Leader, Apostolic Church of God Retreat<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Administrative Director, Lupus Support Group<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Therapist, Lydia Home<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Director of Programming for Pentecostal Assembly of the World Inc. Intercessors Conference<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Conference Coordinator for Pentecostal Assembly of the World Inc. Intercessors Conference<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reverend Nuckolls has also devoted her time to various other responsibilities throughout her career, such as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Director, Young People\u2019s Ministry<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Director of Worship and Chaplaincy, International Pentecostal Young People\u2019s Union<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Director of Chaplaincy, Illinois District Council Young People\u2019s Union<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Director, <em>A Crisis House<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Staff Director of Singles Ministry<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>New Members Committee<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Convention Coordinator, Apostolic Church of God<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chaplain, Apostolic Church of God Sanctuary Choir<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Liaison Advisor to the Support Group \u2013 Moody Bible Institute Solheim Center<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chair, Community Development Board YWCA \u2013 Chicago<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Committee Member, La Rabida Big Heart Ambassador<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Convention Coordinator, International Pentecostal Assemblies of the World Music Workshop<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Convention Program Director, International Pentecostal Assemblies of the World<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reverend Nuckolls was the recipient of the <em>Big Hearts for Young Heroes<\/em> award from La Rabida Children\u2019s Hospital and was nominated for the <em>Community Leader of the Year <\/em>award from the National Council of Negro Women, Inc&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whilst this succinct recount serves as an overview of Ivory\u2019s life, work and Godly commitment, it doesn\u2019t truly reflect her passionate love of God and His word; her extensive and innumerable sacrifices for the work of the Lord and her sensitivity to the needs of his people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"DNA of Truth Bible Conference 11am Mid-day Empowerment with Evangelist Nuckolls\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TAg4qP35gFM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2018 President\u2019s Award for Denominational Support<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9702,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"postBodyCss":"","postBodyMargin":[],"postBodyPadding":[],"postBodyBackground":{"backgroundType":"classic","gradient":""},"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,32],"tags":[19,31],"class_list":["post-9701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sankofa","category-sankofa-memorial-index","tag-presidents-award","tag-sankofa-memorial-index"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theezraprojectchicago.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9701","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theezraprojectchicago.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theezraprojectchicago.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theezraprojectchicago.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theezraprojectchicago.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9701"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/theezraprojectchicago.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9701\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9888,"href":"https:\/\/theezraprojectchicago.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9701\/revisions\/9888"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theezraprojectchicago.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theezraprojectchicago.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theezraprojectchicago.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theezraprojectchicago.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}