Background
Bunkowske, Eugene Walter was born on July 3, 1935 in Wecota, South Dakota, United States. Son of Walter Adolph and Ottille Sophie (Richter) Bunkowske.
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Eugene Walter Bunkowske, Religious studies educator. Member God's Word to Nations Bible Society (board directors, translations and technical consultant), World Mission Prayer League (board directors), All Nations Mission (board directors, consultant), Lutheran Society for Missiology (founding organizer).
Education
Associate of Arts, Concordia Academy and Junior College, St. Paul, 1955. Bachelor, Concordia Seminary, 1958. Bachelor's Degree, Master of Divinity, Concordia Seminary, 1960.
Master of Arts in Linguistics, University of California at Los Angeles, 1964. Candidate Phil in Linguistics, University of California at Los Angeles, 1968. Doctor of Philosophy in Linguistics, University of California at Los Angeles, 1976.
Doctor of Letters, Concordia College, 1983. Doctor of Divinity, Christ College, 1991. Doctor of Letters, Concordia University, St. Paul, 1997.
Career
Missionary, Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, Africa, 1960-1982;
congressional pastor, pioneer church planter, Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, Africa, 1960-1974;
chairman Nung Udoe district, Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, Africa, 1960-1961;
builder churches, schools, hospital, Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, Africa, 1960-1967;
medical worker Ogoja Province, Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, Africa, 1961-1966;
justice of peace Ogoja Province, Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, Africa, 1962-1974;
chairman Ogoja district, Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, Africa, 1964-1969;
chairman Evangelical Lutheran Mission in Nigeria, Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, Africa, 1965-1967;
analyzer Yala language, orthography development & Bible translator, Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, Africa, 1967-1971;
counselor to Yala Paramount Chief, Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, Africa, 1969-1974;
fourth vice president, Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, 1989-1992, 95-;
third vice president, Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, 1992-1995;
director mission, Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Indiana, 1982-1988;
mission professor, Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Indiana, since 1982;
mission chair professor, Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Indiana, since 1986;
graduate professor mission, Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Indiana, since 1990;
department chairman pastoral ministries, Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Indiana, 1985-1988;
chairman mission department, 1988-1990;
supervisor D Missiology program, chairman Mission and Comm. Congress, Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Indiana, since 1984. Ling. consultant and administrator Lutheran Bible Translators, Liberia, Sierra Leone, 1970-1974.
Director Vacation Institute for Training in Applied Linguistics andBible Translation, U. Liberia, Monrovia, 1971-1974. Consultant United BibleSoc., 1974-1980, regional translations coordinator, 1980-1982. Consultant Near West Side Cleveland Cluster, St. Paul International Mission Board.
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Membership
Member God's Word to Nations Bible Society (board directors, translations and technical consultant), World Mission Prayer League (board directors), All Nations Mission (board directors, consultant), Lutheran Society for Missiology (founding organizer).
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Married Bernice Bock. Children: Barbara, Nancy, Walter, Joel.
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Political Party
Republican
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1955
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1991
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