Passing of Bishop Rueben Job

Bishop Rueben P. Job

"Word was received late this afternoon that Bishop Rueben P. Job died today, Saturday, January 3, 2015.

Bishop Job served the Iowa Conference as its Episcopal leader, from 1984 until 1992.

Licensed to preach by the Evangelical United Bretheren Church 1952, he was ordained an Elder by Bishop H.R. Heininger in 1957.  He 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.

Bishop Job served churches in North Dakota, was a Chaplain in the U.S. Air Force, 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). In 1977 he 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.

Bishop Job was born on February 7, 1928, in Jamestown, North Dakota. On August 20,1953, he married Beverly Nadine Ellerbeck of George, Iowa. They had four children: Deborah, Ann, Philip, and David, and seven grandchildren.

A prolific author, Bishop Job is well-known for his book, Three Simple Rules: A Welseyan Way of Living.

Bishop Julius C. Trimble, Iowa Conference’s current Resident Bishop, said, “We lift the Rueben Job family in our prayers. A long faithful journey has come to an end.  In the words of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., "Death is not a period that ends the sentence of life, but a coma that punctuates it to a loftier existence.'”

Further details are pending."
    
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