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'''John Gowans''' (13 November 1934 – 8 December 2012) was a Scottish clergyman, who was the 16th [[General of The Salvation Army]] from 1999 to 2002, succeeding General [[Paul Rader]]. He is also notable for pairing with General [[John Larsson]] in the composition of many songs and musicals.

==Childhood==
Gowans was born in [[Blantyre, South Lanarkshire]], on 13 November 1934, the third of five children. His parents were [[officer of The Salvation Army|Salvation Army officers]].

At age 18, he undertook [[national service]], with plans to train for the teaching profession. He eventually decided to join the [[British Army]], where his first choice was the [[Army Catering Corps]]. However, the Army recommended he join the [[Royal Army Educational Corps]]. He then spent his two years of national service in Germany.

==Work in The Salvation Army==

In 1954, Gowans entered the Salvation Army International Training College (Soulwinners Session). There he met his wife Gisèle Bonhotal who, herself, was a qualified children's nurse. She was French by birth and her parents, like Gowans', were both Salvation Army officers. The couple were married in Paris in 1957 and have two sons, John-Marc and Christophe.

Beginning in 1967 Gowans demonstrated his writing capacity when, with [[John Larsson]], co-authored ten full-length stage musicals. These were ''Take-Over Bid'' (1967), ''Hosea'' (1969), ''Jesus Folk'' (1972), ''Spirit'' (1973), ''Glory'' (1975), ''White Rose'' (1977), ''The Blood of the Lamb'' (1978), ''Son of Man'' (1983), ''Man Mark II'' (1985), and ''The Meeting'' (1990).

He has also written three books of prayer poems under the title of ''O Lord!'' and an autobiography, ''There's a Boy Here ...''

Gowans and his wife served in various corps in the British Territory over a period of 16 years. He was then appointed national stewardship secretary, while his wife combined her role as organiser of the International Youth Fellowship with work in one of the Army's maternity homes in London.

After a period as divisional leaders in [[Manchester]], UK, Gowans, then a lieutenant-colonel, became chief secretary of the France Territory. He was then appointed to Los Angeles in the USA Western Territory where he served as Secretary for Programme.

After serving as leaders of the Southern California Division the couple returned to France in 1986 as territorial leaders. Seven years later they were appointed territorial leaders of the Australia Eastern and [[Papua New Guinea]] Territory, which included responsibility for the work of the Army in New South Wales, Queensland, the Australia Capital Territory and [[Papua New Guinea]].

In 1997, John Gowans was promoted to commissioner and took command of the United Kingdom Territory with the [[Republic of Ireland]].

On 15 May 1999, Gowans was elected the 16th General of The Salvation Army and took office on 23 July 1999, with Commissioner Gisèle Gowans as World President of Women's Organisations.

When Gowans retired in 2002, his earlier musical partner [[John Larsson]] succeeded him as the next international leader of The Salvation Army.<ref>((Cite web |url=http://www1.salvationarmy.org/heritage.nsf/36c107e27b0ba7a98025692e0032abaa/5d833670f86cca8480256a68003e49f3!OpenDocument |title=General John Gowans – Biography |access-date=22 February 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051218204300/http://www1.salvationarmy.org/heritage.nsf/36c107e27b0ba7a98025692e0032abaa/5d833670f86cca8480256a68003e49f3!OpenDocument |archive-date=18 December 2005 |url-status=dead ))</ref>

==Death==
Gowans died on 8 December 2012.<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.salvationarmy.org/ihq/news/inr081212 |title=The Salvation Army International – General John Gowans |publisher=Salvationarmy.org |access-date=2013-01-18))</ref> His funeral service took place at the William Booth Memorial Buildings, Denmark Hill, London on Friday 14 December 2012.<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.salvationarmy.org/ihq/news/inr101212 |title=The Salvation Army International – Funeral and Thanksgiving Service for General Gowans (Retired) |publisher=Salvationarmy.org |date=10 December 2012 |access-date=2013-01-18))</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://peermag.org/articles/general-john-gowans Salvation Army biography]
* [http://www.gowans-larsson.com THE GOWANS & LARSSON MUSICALS WEBSITE]

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