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.