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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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Bio of Donald D. Owens at the Church of the Nazarene )〕 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.〔(What We Do ), from ''The Dusty Shelf'' 17:1 (1997-1998).〕 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). ==Early life and education== Donald Dean Owens was born on September 12, 1926〔Cf. Charles Edwin Jones, ''The Wesleyan Holiness Movement: A Comprehensive Guide'', 2 vols. (Lanham, MD & Oxford, UK: Scarecrow Press, 2005):1431, which indicates Owens was born December 12, 1926.〕 in Marionville, Missouri, the fourth of the five children, and third son of Emery Owens (born June 22, 1889 in Mount Vernon, Missouri; died 1970 in California),〔United States, Selective Service System. ''World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918''. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. Source Citation: Registration State: Missouri; Registration County: Jasper; Roll: 1683222; Draft Board: 1.〕〔United States, Selective Service System. ''Selective Service Registration Cards, World War II: Fourth Registration''. National Archives and Records Administration.〕 a farm laborer who did odd jobs,〔United States of America, Bureau of the Census. ''Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930''. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. Year: 1930; Census Place: Carthage, Jasper, Missouri; Roll: 1206; Page: 21B; Enumeration District: 44; Image: 198.0; FHL microfilm: 2340941.〕 and who had been a miner;〔''Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920''. (NARA microfilm publication T625, 2076 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. Year: 1920; Census Place: Turnback, Lawrence, Missouri; Roll: T625_932; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 120; Image: 481.〕 and Mary Elizabeth Russell Owens (born April 30, 1893 in Missouri; died October 1968 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma).〔Social Security Administration. ''Social Security Death Index, Master File''. Number: 557-24-1262; Issue State: California; Issue Date: Before 1951.〕〔United States of America, Bureau of the Census. ''Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900''. Year: 1900; Census Place: Lincoln, Lawrence, Missouri; Roll: 870; Page: 12B; Enumeration District: 77; FHL microfilm: 1240870.〕 His only sister was Neva M. Owens (born 1913 in Missouri), who was born soon after her parents' wedding on August 5, 1912 in Lawrence County, Missouri.〔Marriage License (Mt. Vernon, MO: July 31, 1912), ''Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002''. Jefferson City, MO, USA: Missouri State Archives. Microfilm.〕 Owens' three brothers were Raymond E. Owens (born about 1918 in Missouri); Norman James Robert Owens (born June 14, 1924 in South Haven, Kansas; died June 27, 2004 in Caldwell, Idaho);〔Social Security Administration. ''Social Security Death Index, Master File''. Social Security Administration. Issue State: California; Issue Date: Before 1951.〕〔National Archives and Records Administration. ''U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946'' (on-line ). Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. Original data: Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, 1938-1946 (Database ); World War II Army Enlistment Records; Records of the National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 64; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD.〕 and Denny Gene Owens (born February 7, 1934 in Carthage, Missouri; died February 22, 2000 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma),〔Charles Edwin Jones, ''The Wesleyan Holiness Movement: A Comprehensive Guide'', 2 vols. (Lanham, MD & Oxford, UK: Scarecrow Press, 2005):1431.〕 who later was a missionary for the Church of the Nazarene in the Philippines for 12 years between 1965 and 1982,〔J. Fred Parker, ''Mission to the World: A History of Missions in the Church of the Nazarene Through 1985'' (Kansas City, MO: Nazarene, 1988):660.〕 where he pastored in Manila, was district superintendent of the Eastern Visayan district and was president of Visayan Nazarene Bible College (1979-1980), then located in Iloilo City;〔"Religion in the News", ''Eugene Register-Guard'' (Eugene, OR: April 19, 1986):12C.〕〔("History" ), Visayan Nazarene Bible College.〕 was president of Nazarene Indian Bible College in Albuquerque, New Mexico.〔 and based in Guam as the pioneer District Superintendent of the Micronesia District from 1994.〔("New Guam First Church sanctuary dedicated" ), ''Holiness Today'' (2003).〕 By 1930 Owens and his parents and three siblings were living on a farm in Marion township in Jasper County, Missouri, near Carthage, Missouri.〔 By 1940, Owens' parents had divorced,〔United States of America, Bureau of the Census. ''Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940''. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. Year: 1940; Census Place: Stockton, San Joaquin, California; Roll: T627_325; Page: 63A; Enumeration District: 39-64.〕 and Owens and his mother, and his brothers Norman and Denny, and their maternal grandfather, James M. Russell (born 1862 in Tennessee) were living at 1605 S. Aurora Street in Stockton, California.〔 Owens attended Stockton High School, California, but left before graduation.〔"Donald D. Owens: Mileposts in a Life of Service." ''Herald of Holiness'' 86 (1997):63.〕 While still a high school student, Owens indicated that he was converted to Christ in Joplin, Missouri in August 1944, a month prior to his eighteenth birthday.〔 Owens enlisted in the US Army at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas on January 20, 1945.〔 Owens was stationed in the Philippines and Japan, and was discharged honorably in 1946,〔 having reached the rank of sergeant.〔Carl Kruse, ("Smile and Say, 'Hi'" ), The Center for LifeStory Writing (May 30, 2008).〕 During 1946 Owens completed his high school studies through passing the GED test.〔 Owens indicated that he experienced entire sanctification in December 1946 in Joplin, Missouri.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Donald Owens」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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