Rueben Philip Job

Rueben Philip Job (February 7, 1928 – January 3, 2015) was an American Bishop of the United Methodist Church. Elected in 1984, he served the Iowa Episcopal Area and retired in 1992.

Job was born in Jamestown, North Dakota. On August 20, 1953, he married Beverly Nadine Ellerbeck of George, Iowa. They were the parents of four children: Deborah, Ann, Philip, and David, and had seven grandchildren. Job died in Brentwood, Tennessee, a suburb of Nashville.

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. 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).

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

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