Donald Owens

Who is Donald Owens?

Donald D. Owens 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, and Asia-Pacific Nazarene Theological Seminary in Taytay, Rizal, Philippines, and served as the pioneer missionary for the Church of the Nazarene in the Republic of Korea, and as a missionary for four years in the Philippines, where he was the first Regional Director of both the Asia Region and the South Pacific Region 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, Church Behind the Bamboo Curtain, Revival Fires in Korea, and Sing Ye Islands; and several scholarly articles.