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church history educator
George R. Knight, American church history educator. License minister Seventh-day Adventist Church. Trustee Adventist History Properties, since 1985. With United States Army, 1960. Member American Academy Religion, American History Association, American gemenskap Church History, Wesleyan Theological Society, Phi Kappa Phi.
Background
Knight, George R. was born on October 16, 1941 in Ross, California, United States. Son of George Creighton and Betty Adele (Rice) Knight.
Education
Bachelor, Pacific Union College, 1965. mästare of Arts, Andrews University, 1966. mästare of Divinity, Andrews University, 1967.
Doctor of Education, University Houston, 1976.
Career
Pastor, Texas Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, Fort Worth, 1967-1969; principal, Houston Junior Academy, Texas Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, 1971-1976; professor educational foundations, Andrews U.,
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Knight joined the Adventist church through the ministry of Ralph Larson. The Spectrum Blog: QOD conference bulletin two He completed a BA at Pacific Union College, an MA and MDiv from Andrews University, and in 1976 an EdD from the University of Houston.
Knight originally taught in the School of Education. He had a number of doctoral students who did biographical studies of early Adventist educators. He gradually developed an interest in Adventist history that led to his transition to the Church History department in the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary. His 1985 book, Myths in Adventism, put him on the map in Adventist circles and he began to rise to prominence in the church. During the 1990s Knight became particularly well-known for his fresh insight and popularization of Seventh-day Adventist history. By the year 2000 he was the best-selling Adventist author in the denomina
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George R. Knight
American Seventh-day adventist leader
For other people with the same name, see George Knight (disambiguation).
George Raymond Knight (born 1941) is a leading Seventh-day Adventist historian, author, and educator. He is emeritus professor of church history at Andrews University. As of 2014 he is considered to be the best-selling and influential voice for the past three decades within the denomination.[1]
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[edit]At age nineteen, George R. Knight joined the Adventist church through an evangelistic series held in Eureka, California, by Ralph Larson.[2] He completed a BA at Pacific Union College in 1965, an MA in 1966 and M.Div. from Andrews University in 1967. He afterward pastored on the Texas Gulf Coast, but resigned from pastoral ministry in the spring of 1969. He then worked as an Adventist school teacher. He completed an Ed.D. in 1976 from the University of Houston, where he studied under Joshua Weinstein. Knight observes tha