Stowe, David M.

David M. Stowe was a missionary in China and later an executive for the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions and the United Church Board for World Ministries.

From the description of David M. Stowe Papers, 1806-2001 (inclusive). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702181122

• 1919 Mar 30: David Metz Stowe was born in Council Bluffs, Iowa
• 1940: After attending Midland Lutheran College for two years, DMS transferred to the from University of California at Los Angeles and graduated with highest honors. Phi Beta Kappa 1943 B.D., Pacific School of Religion, Berkeley, CA
• 1943: Married Virginia Ware (Children: Nancy, Elizabeth, Priscilla, David)
• 1943 - 1945 : Ordained; served as campus minister at First Congregational Church, a United Church congregation in Berkeley
• 1945 - 1947 : Under appointment as missionaries of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, DMS and VWS studied Chinese language and culture at Yale University Institute of Far Eastern Languages
• 1947: Left for China; additional study at Chinese Language School in Peking
• 1948: Assigned to general evangelistic work in Tientsin
• 1949 - 1950 : Assigned to faculty of Yenching University in Peking. DMS and VWS taught freshman English and DMS taught Western philosophy and New Testament in the School of Religion
• 1950 Jun: Forced to leave China because of outbreak of Korean War
• 1951 - 1953 : Served as Associate Minister of the First Congregational Church in Berkeley while attending Pacific Sschool of Religion
• 1953: Received Th.D. degree from Pacific School of Religion
• 1953 - 1956 : Served as Chaplain and professor of religion at Carleton College, Northfield, MN
• 1956: Called to the national headquarters of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM) in Boston to serve as its educational secretary
• 1957 - 1963 : General Secretary for Interpretation and Personnel of the newly formed United Church Board for World Ministries (UCBWM) following merger of Congregational Christian Churches and Evangelical and Reformed Church to form the United Church of Christ (UCC); also served as adjunct professor at Andover-Newton Theological School during this period
• 1962 - 1963 : On special assignment in Beirut, Lebanon, to teach in the Near East School of Theology. Also visited missions and participated in conferences in Asia, Africa and the Middle East
• 1963 - 1965 : Returned to U.S. to serve as Executive Secretary of the Division of Foreign Missions of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. (NCCCUSA)
• 1965 - 1970 : Associate General Secretary of the NCCCUSA and director of the Division of Overseas Ministries
• 1966: Honorary doctorate from Pacific School of Religion
• 1970 - 1985 : Served as Executive Vice President of the United Church Board for World Ministries
• 1985 - 1999 : In the years following his retirement from the UCBWM, DMS served as volunteer archivist and historian for the UCBWM, adjunct lecturer in missions at Andover Newton, Theological Seminary, adjunct professor at Pacific School of Religion (1985-1986), secretary-treasurer of the Eastern Fellowship,American Society of Missiology, officer of the World Commission on Religion and Peace, and tour leader for UCC tours to China.
• 2000 Jan 10: Died in Englewood, NJ

From the guide to the David M. Stowe Papers, 1806-2003, 1949-1999, (Yale Divinity School Library)