Rufus Hollis Gause (born 1925) is a leading Pentecostal theologian in the Church of God (Cleveland). Gause began his teaching career in 1947 at Lee College (Cleveland, Tennessee). He became the first dean and director of the Church of God School of Theology in 1975. Gause served as president of the Society for Pentecostal Studies from 1971 to 1972.