Background
Hoke, Donald Edwin was born on June 18, 1919 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Edwin Floyd and Edith Mary (Dingle) Hoke.
clergyman educator missionary statesman apostolic church planter.
Hoke, Donald Edwin was born on June 18, 1919 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Edwin Floyd and Edith Mary (Dingle) Hoke.
Bachelor, Wheaton College, 1941. Master of Arts, Wheaton Graduate School, 1942. Doctor of Divinity (honorary), Wheaton College, 1959.
Founding pastor, South Park Church, Park Ridge, Illinois, l94l-47;assistant to president, Columbia Bible College and Seminary (Columbia, SC), l946-52; Founding Pastor, Columbia Community Church, 1947; Church planting missionary in Japan, The Evangelical Alliance Mission (TEAM), Wheaton, Illinois, l952-73; Founding president, Tokyo Christian Univ, l955-73; and co-founder, Japan Bible Seminary, Tokyo, 1958-1973; Founding Pastor of Hamadayam Christian Church, Tokyo, Japan, 1955; Founding Pastor of Kunitachi Christian Church, Kunitachi, Japan, 1962; Executive Director, International Congress for World Evangelization, Lausanne, Switzerland, l973-74; Founding Pastor of Lausanne Evangelical Church, Lausanne, Suisse; executive director, Billy Graham Center, Wheaton, IL, 1974-1978; senior pastor, Cedar Springs Presbyterian Church (PCA), Knoxville, Tennessee, 1978-1990. Treasurer, The Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization (LCWE), Charlotte, North Carolina, 1975-1994. Trustee, HCJB-World Radio Missionary Fellowship, Quito, Ecuador, 1986-1992.
Board of directors Mission to World Presbyterian Church American, 1983-1989.
Trustee Columbia Bible College, 1986-1996; Trustee, Christ College, Taipei, Taiwan, 1980-1994; Spiritual Leadership Council, Knoxville, Tennessee, 1987-1992; Member of advisory comm, Knoxville Juvenile Center, 1987-1991. Member Evangelical Theological Society.
Married Martha Cowan, July 20, l945. Children: Donald Edwin Junior, Steven T.