Career
He was announced as the ninth president of MBI on April 15, 2009, and assumed the presidency on June 1, 2009, over the Undergraduate School, Graduate School, Moody Radio and Moody Publishers. Nyquist moved to MBI from Avant Ministries, where he served as President. Before joining Avant Ministries, Nyquist was senior pastor at First Federated Church in Des Moines, Iowa, and Evangelical Bible Church in Omaha, Nebraska.
Nyquist received his Bachelor of Arts degree in architectural studies from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln in 1976.
He then attended Dallas Theological Seminary where he received a Master of Theology in 1981 and a Doctor of Philosophy in systematic theology in 1984.