Donald Owens
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Dr. Donald Dean Owens Ph.D., D.D., M.A., B.Th., A.B. |
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| General Superintendent emeritus | |
| Church | Church of the Nazarene |
| Other posts |
General Superintendent 2nd President, MANC 1st President, APNTS Professor, NTS Professor, BNC 1st President, KNU |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1952 |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
September 12, 1926 Marionville, Missouri, US |
| Nationality | American |
| Denomination | Church of the Nazarene |
| Parents | Emery Owens Mary Elixzabeth Russell Owens |
| Spouse | Adeline Lois Preuss Owens |
| Profession | minister, missionary, educator, administrator, anthropologist |
| Alma mater | Bethany-Peniel College |
Donald D. Owens (born September 12, 1926 in Marionville, Missouri) is an American general superintendent emeritus in the Church of the Nazarene, and also a retired ordained minister, missionary, professor, and seminary and college president. Owens is the founding president of the forerunner of Korea Nazarene University (then in Seoul, Korea), and Asia-Pacific Nazarene Theological Seminary in Taytay, Rizal, Philippines (1983-1984), and served as the pioneer missionary for the Church of the Nazarene in the Republic of Korea (1954-1966), and as a missionary for four years in the Philippines (1981-1985), where he was the first Regional Director of both the Asia Region (1981-1985) and the South Pacific Region (1981-1983) of the Church of the Nazarene. Owens was the 2nd President of MidAmerica Nazarene College in Olathe, Kansas for 4 years from 1985. In June 1989 Owens was elected the 28th General Superintendent of the Church of the Nazarene, and after being re-elected in 1993, served until his retirement in June 1997.
Owens is the author of four books: Challenge in Korea (1957), Church Behind the Bamboo Curtain (1973), Revival Fires in Korea (1977), and Sing Ye Islands (1979); and several scholarly articles. Owens was a professor at Korea Nazarene Theological College, Bethany Nazarene College in Bethany, Oklahoma, and at Nazarene Theological Seminary in Kansas City, Missouri. Owens pastored Nazarene churches in Fairbury, Nebraska (1952-1954) and Bethany, Oklahoma, where he was the pioneer pastor of the Lake Overholser Church (1968-1969).
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