June 18 , 1919 |
Born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Edwin Floyd and Edith Mary (Dingle) |
| 1939-1947 | Part-time reporter for the newspapers Chicago Tribune and Elgin Courier News. |
1941 |
Received his B. A. degree (cum laude) from Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois, USA. One of his class mates was Billy Graham. |
1941-1947 |
Founder and first pastor of South Park Church in Park Ridge, Illinois, USA. |
| 1942 | Ordained to ministry in the Evangelical Church |
1942-1965 |
Associate editor and then Asian Editor, Christian Life magazine. |
1944 |
Received his M. A. degree from Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois, USA. |
| July 20, 1945 | Married Martha Cowan. They had two sons, Donald Edwin Jr. and Stephen. |
| 1947-1952 | Assistant to the President, Columbia Bible College, Columbia, South Carolina , USA. |
| 1950 | Played key part in bringing a Billy Graham evangelistic campaign to Columbia, South Carolina, USA (The meeting was February 19-March 12) |
| 1952-1973 | Missionary to Japan with The Evangelical Alliance Mission (TEAM) |
| 1955-1973 | Professor at the Japan Bible Seminary, Tokyo, Japan. |
| 1955-1957, 1970-1972 | President, The Evangelical Missionary Association of Japan. (He was also was one of the founders of and served as president of, Japan Association of Evangelical Theological Schools.) |
1953-1973 |
President, Japan Christian College, Tokyo, Japan (Renamed Tokyo Christian College in 1966 after it was accredited) |
| 1956 | Played a key role in bringing a series of Billy Graham evangelistic rallies to Japan in Tokyo, Yokohama, Osaka (February 18-25) |
| 1959 | Received an honorary doctorate from Wheaton College |
| 1962 | Wrote, with Paul B. Peterson and L. LaVerne Donaldson, Refugee! : The seething cauldron of political victims in trouble spots around the world. The book was published by Moody Press. |
| 1966 | Participant in the 1966 World Congress on Evangelism held in Berlin, Germany. He also helped with the selection of the other participants from Japan. |
| 1967 | Played a key role in bringing a Billy Graham evangelistic campaign to Tokyo, Japan (October 20-29) |
1973-1974 |
Director, International Congress on World Evangelization held in Lausanne, Switzerland on July 16-25, 1974. |
| 1974-1978 | Director of the Billy Graham Center, Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois, USA. |
| 1975 | Edited The Church in Asia. The book was published by Moody Press. |
1976-1989 |
Member of the Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization. This group continued the work of the 1974 congress. He served as treasurer of the committee. |
| 1978 | Edited Evangelicals face the future : scenarios, addresses, and responses from the "Consultation on Future Evangelical Concerns" held in Atlanta, Georgia, December 14-17, 1977. The book was published by the William Carey Library. |
1978-1990 |
Pastor of Cedar Springs Presbyterian Church in Knoxville, Tennessee, USA. |
| 1981 | Speaker at the American Festival of Evangelism in Kansas City, Missouri, USA (Festival was held July 27-30) |
1989 |
Served as deputy chairman of the Second International Congress on World Evangelization, Second, Manila, Philippines (also called Lausanne II) |
| 1989 | Donald and Martha Hoke were named Distinguished Alumnus of Wheaton College. |
| Served on the boards of Columbia International University in Columbia, South Carolina, USA; Radio station HCJB in Quito, Ecuador; Missions to the World; Christ College, Taiwan; Samaritan's Purse; John Guest Evangelistic Association | |
November 14, 2006 |
Died after a long illness. |