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.

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.

[1][2] Gause began his teaching career in 1947 at Lee College in Cleveland, Tennessee.

[1] Gause became the first dean and director of the Church of God Graduate School of Christian Ministries (now Pentecostal Theological Seminary) in 1975.

[5] A festschrift in honor of Gause titled Passover, Pentecost and Parousia and edited by Steven J.