Hiebert with his students
In the midst of having heavy workloads, he always had time for family, colleagues, and students. In the final years after Fran’s death, he turned his home into an “ashram” where Ph.D. students were welcome to visit and live with him in community.
From Philip Wayne Barnes. Missiology Meets Cultural Anthropology: The Life and Legacy of Paul G. Hiebert (The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Ph.D. dissertation, 2011). p.68.