Religion professor John Hubers
After living everywhere from New York to Egypt, Prof. John Hubers has come back to his hometown. Hubers graduated with a History degree from Northwestern College back when the only computer on campus filled an entire room and chapel seating was in alphabetical order.
Hubers moved on to become a pastor with the Reformed Church of America shortly after graduating. Hubers spent many years in the Middle East studying Christian and Islam relations and dedicated 10 years to the RCA Mission Program as the pastor of international churches and as an ESL teacher to Arab students. He also supervised the mission program’s Midwest region from Orange City.
He specializes in missiology, the study of missions. His classes include Intro to Christian Missions and World Religions.
One reason Hubers was glad to be back was because of NW’s intentionally Christian atmosphere.
“I love NW’s openness to learning the best scholarship of every discipline but at the same time looking through the eyes of the Christian faith,” said Hubers. He enjoys the range of different perspectives here.
That idea is reflected in his favorite Bible verse, John 17:23, which says, “May they be brought to complete unity to let the world know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me.”
“What unites us is more important than what divides us,” said Hubers when he discussed denominations of the body of Christ. John 17:23 links the unity of the church to missions.
Apart from his job here, Hubers is a singer/songwriter, has starred in various musicals in OC and plays golf. His daughter Jennifer is a 1st grade teacher in Houston and his son Adam is an auto designer in Detroit.
