Donald N. Bastian is a retired Bishop of The Free Methodist Church USA. He served from 1974 to 1990 as one of five bishops, with primary oversight of Free Methodist churches in Canada. In 1990 he was elected the first bishop of the newly formed General Conference in Canada when three long-standing annual conferences were granted the right to form such a conference. Bastian earned his B.A. from Greenville College and the B.D. (comparable to today's M.Div.) from Asbury Theological Seminary and has been awarded four honorary doctorates.