Rufus Hollis Gause, Jr. (July 1, 1925 – September 6, 2015), known as R. Hollis Gause,[1] was an American Pentecostal theologian and pastor. He was affiliated with the Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee). Gause was the first dean of the Pentecostal Theological Seminary.
R. Hollis Gause | |
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.jpg) Gause in 2002 | |
| Born | Rufus Hollis Gause, Jr. July 1, 1925 |
| Died | September 6, 2015 (aged 90) |
| Occupation | Theologian |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Emmanuel College Presbyterian College Columbia Theological Seminary Emory University |
| Thesis | The Lukan Transfiguration Account (1975) |
| Doctoral advisor | William A. Beardslee |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Lee College Pentecostal Theological Seminary |
Early life and education
editGause was born July 1, 1925. His father was a Pentecostal Holiness Church minister and the family moved to the Church of God (Cleveland) when Gause was a teenager. Gause married Beulah Hunt in 1948 and they had a son, Valdane.[1]
He graduated from high school in Clinton, South Carolina. He attended junior college at Emmanuel College in Georgia and finished his undergraduate studies at Presbyterian College back in Clinton. He then studied at Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, Georgia and received a Bachelor of Divinity degree in 1949 (which was upgraded to an M.Div. in 1971). He would eventually receive a Ph.D. in New Testament from Emory University in 1975 with a dissertation titled, The Lukan Transfiguration Account directed by William A. Beardslee.[1][2]
Career
editGause began his teaching career in 1947 at Lee College in Cleveland, Tennessee. He taught there from 1947 to 1975 and 1982-1984.[1]
Gause joined the lay ministry of the Church of God in 1943 and was promoted to the church's ordained ministry in 1954.[1]
Gause became the first dean and director of the Church of God Graduate School of Christian Ministries (now Pentecostal Theological Seminary) in 1975. Gause served as president of the Society for Pentecostal Studies from 1971 to 1972. He also pastored the Warren Church of God in Warren, Michigan (now known as the Maranatha Church of God) from 1982 to 1984.
Gause has been described by Chris E.W. Green as a mentoring figure to the members of the Cleveland School of Pentecostal scholars.[3]
Gause has authored books of both a popular and scholarly nature.[4] In 2006 he co-authored a book with Kimberly Ervin Alexander entitled Women in Leadership: A Pentecostal Perspective published by the Church of God Theological Seminary's Center for Pentecostal Leadership and Care.[5]
A festschrift in honor of Gause titled Passover, Pentecost and Parousia and edited by Steven J. Land, Rickie D. Moore, and John Christopher Thomas was published in 2010.[6]
Gause died in 2015 at the age of 90.[7]
Selected works
edit- Church of God Polity (Cleveland, TN: Pathway Press, 1973).
- Living in the Spirit: The Way of Salvation (Cleveland, TN: Pathway Press,1980).
- Revelation: God’s Stamp of Sovereignty on History (Cleveland, TN: Pathway Press, 1983).
- R. Hollis & Beulah Gause, Women in the Body of Christ (Cleveland, TN: Pathway Press, 1984).
- The Preaching of Paul: A Study of Romans (Cleveland, TN: Pathway Press, 1986).
- Kimberly Ervin Alexander and R. Hollis Gause, Women in Leadership: A Pentecostal Perspective (Cleveland, TN: Center for Pentecostal Leadership and Care, 2006).
- Living in the Spirit: The Way of Salvation, Revised and Expanded edition (Cleveland, TN: CPT Press, 2010).
- The Lukan Transfiguration Account: The Exalted Lord in the Glory of the Kingdom of God (Centre for Pentecostal Theology Classics Series; Cleveland, TN: CPT Press, 2020, published posthumously).
- Hebrews (Brill, 2022) ISBN 978-90-04-46579-4
References
edit- ^ a b c d e Land, Steven J. (April 1999). "TRIBUTE TO DR. R. HOLLIS GAUSE" (PDF). Wesleyan Theological Journal. 1. 34: 261. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
- ^ Gause, Rufus Hollis (1975). The Lukan Transfiguration Account: Luke's Pre-Crucifixion Presentation of the Exalted Lord in the Glory of the Kingdom of God. Atlanta, Georgia. Retrieved 26 January 2023 – via ProQuest.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Green, Chris E.W. (2022). "Fulfilling the Full Gospel: The Promise of the Theology of the Cleveland School". In Bundy, David; Hammond, Geordan; Han, David Sang-Ehil (eds.). Holiness and Pentecostal Movements. University Park, USA: Penn State University Press. p. 229. doi:10.1515/9780271094168-012. ISBN 9780271092157. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
- ^ Gause, R. Hollis. "Barnes & Noble". BN.com. Archived from the original on 10 May 2014. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
- ^ Gause, Hollis; Kimberly Alexander (2006). Women In Leadership: A Pentecostal Perspective (Pentecostal Leadership Series). Cleveland, TN. ISBN 978-1-59684-170-3.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Land, Steven J.; Moore, Rickie D.; Thomas, John Christopher, eds. (2010). Passover, Pentecost and Parousia: Studies in Celebration of the Life and Ministry of R. Hollis Gause. Brill. ISBN 978-1-905679-12-6. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
- ^ "R. Hollis Gause". Cleveland Banner. 8 September 2015. Retrieved 16 September 2015.