Given Gaula

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Given Gaula is the current Bishop of Kondoa. [1]

Gaula was educated at the Virginia Theological Seminary and has a PhD in theology from the University of Auckland. [1] The title of his 2012 doctoral thesis was The Gospel of Luke as a model for mission in an African context: With special reference to the challenges of mission in the Anglican Church of Tanzania. [2] His wife Lilian is also an Anglican priest. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 Good Samaritan
  2. Gaula, Given (2012), The Gospel of Luke as a model for mission in an African context: With special reference to the challenges of mission in the Anglican Church of Tanzania (Doctoral thesis), ResearchSpace@Auckland, hdl:2292/19799, Wikidata   Q111963423
  3. Kondoa Anglican