Rueben Philip Job: Difference between revisions

▲Job earned the [[B.A.]] degree from [[Westmar College]] in 1954 (as did his wife, a member of the same class). He earned the [[Bachelor of Divinity]] degree from [[Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary]] in May 1957.<ref>[http://www.iaumc.org/news_detail.asp?PKValue=186 Article on Bishop Job]</ref> Bishop Job holds [[honorary doctorates]] from Westmar College (1975), [[Dakota Wesleyan University]] (1980), [[Asbury Theological Seminary]] (1984), the [[University of Dubuque]] Theological School (1989), [[Rust College]] (1991), [[Simpson College]] (1992), and [[Iowa Wesleyan College]] (1992).

▲==Ordained Ministry==

▲On 24 May 1952 Job received a License to Preach in the [[Evangelical United Brethren Church]] (E.U.B.) from Bishop E.W. Pretorius. Rev. Job received a Student Appointment that summer. He was [[ordained]] an Elder by Bishop H.R. Heininger in 1957.

▲Rev. Job served these [[pastorates]] in [[North Dakota]]: Tuttle (1957-60); [[Minot]] (1960-61); Calvary Church, [[Fargo, North Dakota|Fargo]] (1962-65). In 1961-62 he served in [[Europe]] as a [[Chaplain]] in the [[U.S. Air Force]]. He served on the staff of the General Board of Evangelism of the [[E.U.B. Church]] (1965-68), and on the general staff of the [[U.M.]] Board of Evangelism and Discipleship (1968-77), following the 1968 merger of the [[E.U.B.]] and [[Methodist]] Churches, forming the [[United Methodist Church]]. In 1977 Job was appointed District Superintendent of the Northern District of the [[South Dakota]] [[Annual Conference]]. He held this position until he became the World Editor of The Upper Room. For years he had also been active in the development of spiritual enrichment programs and materials, the author or co-author of numerous works.

▲==Episcopal Ministry==

▲The 1984 North Central Jurisdictional Conference of the [[U.M.C.]] elected Rueben Job a Bishop and assigned him to the [[Iowa]] Episcopal Area.<ref>[http://bishops.umc.org/interior.asp?ptid=1&mid=5881 List of Bishops from United Methodist website]</ref> He served on the U.M. General Commission on Communications as a Bishop. He was also Chairperson of the [[Hymnal]] Revision Committee of the church, resulting in the 1989 United Methodist Hymnal. Bishop Job retired from the Episcopacy in 1992.

▲==Selected Writings==

▲*Three Simple Rules: A Wesleyan Way of Living (1997)<ref>[http://www.umc.org/site/apps/nlnet/content3.aspx?c=lwL4KnN1LtH&b=2429875&ct=4644177 A review of Three Simple Rules on the United Methodist website]</ref>

▲==See also==

▲* [[List of Bishops of the United Methodist Church|Wikipedia List of United Methodist Bishops]]