J. Wilson, was a Pastor of the CSI[4] He had an inclination towards priesthood and after his schooling pursued bachelor's and master's degrees in economics[4] in Thiruvananthapuram.
[4] After finishing his studies in divinity in 1972 he again enrolled at UTC where, in 1975, he obtained a Master of Theology degree in the discipline of church history.
[3] The diocese designated him as Youth Pastor[4] and thereafter, Gladstone was assigned a teaching task at the Kerala United Theological Seminary,[5] [KUTS – affiliated to the Senate of Serampore College] Thiruvananthapuram.
His doctoral thesis was entitled Protestant Christianity and People's Movements in Kerala, 1850–1936 which was later published by the KUTS, Thiruvananthapuram in 1984.
Dr. Gladstone served as the President of the Senate of Serampore College, India's first university, from 2000 to 2005[7] On 16 September 1997, Rev.
Gideon Sobhanam brought out a festschrift in honour of Gladstone entitled Shepherd of a Pilgrim People: Essays in Honour of Bishop J. W. Gladstone[9] In 2008 Canterbury Christ Church University, (established in 1962 by the Church of England with degree granting authority), admitted Rev.