OUR RECTOR

The Rev. Dr. Paul K. Hubbard, Rector

The Reverend Hubbard is a long-time Virginian, Paul Hubbard was confirmed in 1976 at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Norfolk. After a 20-year Naval career, Paul attended seminary to prepare for service as an Anglican Priest. He holds a Sacrae Theologiae Doctor and a Master of Theology (Summa Cum Laude) from St. Andrew’s Theological College and Seminary, and a Bachelor of Science from Excelsior College in New York with a major in Sociology.

Theologically, his academic emphasis has been in the area of the literary and historical integrity of the New Testament materials. His Master’s thesis, The Jonas Genre, proposes a linguistic solution to the “Synoptic Problem.” His doctoral dissertation, From Exodus to Eisodus, proposes a linguistic solution to the problem of the author of Hebrews. His postdoctoral work is a linguistic analysis of the Johannine Corpus, A Vesture Dipped in Blood, which seeks to unravel questions concerning the authorship of the Gospel, the epistles and the Revelation that bear his name, and the contextual relationship of this corpus to the rest of the New Testament materials. Hubbard has recently published The Koine Conversation, which focuses on a new way to study the New Testament materials using current computer programs and technologies. He has also recently published The Genesis Genre, which attempts to integrate the story of Adam and Eve in Genesis with the spirituality and theology of the New Testament. This year, (2026) I have published the final installment of my twenty six year long research project concerning the integrity of the New Testament materials: Confessions of an Anglican Priest. When this project began, I thought that it would just be pure research – concerning the so-called “Synoptic Problem” and the unknown author of Hebrews and the coherence of the Johannine Corpus. But this research led me to a much broader field of study. It led me to examine my own theological tradition, which I call “The Standard Model” in my books. But most of all, it led me to examine myself, hence the semi-confessional format of this book. So I published this research project simply to say: this is what I found – with all my biases, and conditioning and other limitations, this is what I’ve found.

My views, of course, do not represent the views of the Board of St Timothy’s Theological College and Seminary, my Bishop, my Church or my colleagues. I did run this book by my Bishop, but he decided not to inhibit its publication. There is nothing unusually controversial in this book; indeed, I believe that the ante-Nicene fathers would not consider it controversial at all. It is only with the coming of Augustine that the world moves from Classical Antiquity to the Middle Ages and thence to Modernity, which will find it controversial, and so it is with Augustine that my thesis begins.

On October 6th, 2013, Dr. Hubbard was appointed as the President of St. Andrew’s Theological College and Seminary as its 8th President. In 2018, Hubbard left St Andrew’s to form a new seminary – St Timothy’s Theological College and Seminary – focusing on academics and research and practical ministry training.

Paul is married and has seven children. He and his wife, Jeanne, met in a church choir and continue to sing in church and in the Virginia Choral Society (along with two of their children).