About John A. Knight
Lived 1931 – 2009 (aged 77). John A. Knight was a civil servant.
John Allen Knight (November 8, 1931 – February 2, 2009) was a minister in the Church of the Nazarene, general superintendent in the Church of the Nazarene, president of Mount Vernon Nazarene College (1972–1975), and editor of the Herald of Holiness, now known as Holiness Today (1975–1976). He was born in Mineral Wells, Texas and died at the age of 77 while on vacation in Daytona Beach, Florida. The John A. & Justine A. Knight Scholarship Fund at Southern Nazarene University is named for him and his wife.
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American Nazarene minister
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John A. Knight was born on 8 November 1931.
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John A. Knight died on 2 February 2009 in Daytona Beach.
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John A. Knight was a civil servant.
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