In the News ... "Ex-Air Force commando leads church"

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• Courtney left 20-year military career to become a minister

By Bob Campbell, Reporter
• Odessa American

ODESSA, TEXAS - The Rev. Michael “Mike” Courtney wasn’t led to Christianity by a minister. It was his peers in the Air Force Security Forces.

“These were some of the baddest dudes on the planet, and they’d say, ‘Mike, we want to share Jesus with you,’ ” Courtney said ...

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