Eugene L. Stowe served as a general superintendent in the Church of the Nazarene from June 1968 until July 1993. Prior to his election as general superintendent he served for two years as president of Nazarene Theological Seminary in Kansas City, Missouri. He was superintendent of the Central California District Church of the Nazarene. Previously he pastored College Church of the Nazarene in Nampa, Idaho. He taught in the department of religion at Northwest Nazarene University for six years. Dr. Stowe also pastored churches in California and Oregon.

He is a graduate of Point Loma Nazarene University (PLNU). He did graduate work at PLNU and Berkley Baptist Divinity School and holds the doctorate of divinity from his alma mater.

He and his wife, Faye, have one son and one daughter.