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Marty Alan Michelson

Marty Alan Michelson is an associate professor at Southern Nazarene University in Bethany, Okla., where he coordinates the program in graduate theology. Michelson has a Ph.D. from The University of Manchester, U.K. He preaches regularly in his home congregation at Penn Avenue Church of the Nazarene and works with its related ministry, OKC Compassion.

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