Verna V Nickelberry Founder/Editorial Director Ordinary People Magazine

Ms. Verna V. Nickelberry, mother of two sons and the grandmother of two little boys, Zion Truth Oliver and Israel Jadon Oliver, is a graduate of Northside High School and LeMoyne-Owen College located in Memphis, TN.  Ms Nickelberry has completed classes toward a master degree in Theologies at Jacksonville Theological Seminary.

Ms. Nickelberry is the founder and editorial director of ORDINARY PEOPLE MAGAZINE (OPM).

ORDINARY PEOPLE magazine is the result of a God given assignment which Ms Nickelberry received in the 2005 but wasn’t birth until March of 2008. 

“When God gave me the assignment I was excited and reluctant to take on such a huge task. I had no experience in this type of work. I didn’t know where to start, nor did I have the funds. So, I put it off for about two months, this only made the voice of God louder in my ear.  I started in the fall of 2005, but was met with some obstacles and once again I stopped.  On October 18, 2007, the voice of God spoke, “saying it was time to start on the magazine again.”  And once again I had do idea as to where to start and no funds. I began to research the start up cost of producing a magazine. After weeks of spending nights on the internet, praying, and having conversations with God, things began to fall into place.  It was then that I realized that this was not my idea, but God’s idea.  Ordinary People magazine is not my magazine but God’s magazine, I am but the vessel used to carry out the mission that He has given me charge of.” ---Verna V Nickelberry