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In 1980, he penned an article, "Refuge in a Hostile White World: The Negro Church in North Louisiana during Reconstruction,"  in the publication, ''North Louisiana Historical Association Journal,'' since renamed ''[[North Louisiana History]]''.<ref>Jerry L. Gaw, "Refuge in a Hostile White World: The Negro Church in North Louisiana during Reconstruction," ''North Louisiana Historical Association Journal'', Vol. 11 No. 4 (Fall 1980), pp 19-32.</ref>  He was a full-time pulpit minister in Fort Walton Beach, Florida, from 1976 to 1978 and thereafter an associate pastor in Shreveport.

In 1980, he penned an article, "Refuge in a Hostile White World: The Negro Church in North Louisiana during Reconstruction,"  in the publication, ''North Louisiana Historical Association Journal,'' since renamed ''[[North Louisiana History]]''.<ref>Jerry L. Gaw, "Refuge in a Hostile White World: The Negro Church in North Louisiana during Reconstruction," ''North Louisiana Historical Association Journal'', Vol. 11 No. 4 (Fall 1980), pp 19-32.</ref>  He was a full-time pulpit minister in Fort Walton Beach, Florida, from 1976 to 1978 and thereafter an associate pastor in Shreveport.

Three weeks after his death, his book ''David Lloyd George: The Politics of Religious Conviction'' was posthumously published. The book is a study of the [[World War I]]-era British [[Prime Minister]] [[David Lloyd George]], who was a member of the Church of Christ denomination. The work examines how Lloyd George's religious convictions affected the implementation of public policy. The book examines how the work and theology of [[Alexander Campbell]], a founder of the Stone-Campbell Movement in America, influenced a prominent world leader. Lloyd George’s twelve diaries and the more than three thousand letters he wrote to his brother between 1886 and 1943 provide the foundation for Gaw’s thorough analysis of George’s beliefs and politics. Taken together, these texts show Lloyd George's lifelong adherence to the Church of Christ in Britain and how his faith, in turn, contributed to his proclivity for championing humanitarian, egalitarian, and popular political policies beginning with the first of his fifty-five years in the [[British Parliament]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/David-Lloyd-George-Religious-Conviction/dp/1621907643|title=

Three weeks after his death, his book ''David Lloyd George: The Politics of Religious Conviction'' was posthumously published. The book is a study of the [[World War I]]-era British [[Prime Minister]] [[David Lloyd George]], who was a member of the Church of Christ denomination. The work examines how Lloyd George's religious convictions affected the implementation of public policy. The book examines how the work and theology of Alexander Campbell (1788-1866), a founder of the Stone-Campbell Movement in America, influenced a prominent world leader. Lloyd George’s twelve diaries and the more than three thousand letters he wrote to his brother between 1886 and 1943 provide the foundation for Gaw’s thorough analysis of George’s beliefs and politics. Taken together, these texts show Lloyd George's lifelong adherence to the Church of Christ in Britain and how his faith, in turn, contributed to his proclivity for championing humanitarian, egalitarian, and popular political policies beginning with the first of his fifty-five years in the [[British Parliament]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/David-Lloyd-George-Religious-Conviction/dp/1621907643|title=

''David Lloyd George: The Politics of Religious Conviction'' hardcover|date=February 22, 2023|accessdate=March 12, 2025}}</ref>

''David Lloyd George: The Politics of Religious Conviction'' hardcover|date=February 22, 2023|accessdate=March 12, 2025}}</ref>

Gaw has entries on Edward Jenner and Joseph Lister in ''The Research Guide to European Historical Biography''.<ref>Edward Jenner and Joseph Lister entries, ''The Research Guide to European Historical Biography,'' edited by James A. Moncure (Washington, D.C.: Beacham Publishing, 1993), 8 vols., pp. 3414-27 (Jenner), pp. 3649-61 (Lister).</ref> He penned two book reviews in ''The Stone-Campbell Journal,'' published in [[Cincinnati]], [[Ohio]].''<ref>Book reviews in ''The Stone-Campbell Journal'' of David W. Bebbington, ''The Dominance of Evangelicalism: The Age of Spurgeon and Moody'', Vol. 9 (Fall 2006), 264-65, and John Howard Smith, ''The Perfect Rule of the Christian Religion: A History of Sandemanianism in the Eighteenth Century'', Vol. 14 (Spring 2011), pp. 87-88.</ref>

Gaw has entries on Edward Jenner and Joseph Lister in ''The Research Guide to European Historical Biography''.<ref>Edward Jenner and Joseph Lister entries, ''The Research Guide to European Historical Biography,'' edited by James A. Moncure (Washington, D.C.: Beacham Publishing, 1993), 8 vols., pp. 3414-27 (Jenner), pp. 3649-61 (Lister).</ref> He penned two book reviews in ''The Stone-Campbell Journal,'' published in [[Cincinnati]], [[Ohio]].''<ref>Book reviews in ''The Stone-Campbell Journal'' of David W. Bebbington, ''The Dominance of Evangelicalism: The Age of Spurgeon and Moody'', Vol. 9 (Fall 2006), 264-65, and John Howard Smith, ''The Perfect Rule of the Christian Religion: A History of Sandemanianism in the Eighteenth Century,'' Vol. 14 (Spring 2011), pp. 87-88.</ref>

Gaw died at his home in Nashville of a brief illness six weeks before his 71st birthday. He had recovered from a stroke several years before his death.<ref name=obit/>

Gaw died at his home in Nashville of a brief illness six weeks before his 71st birthday. He had recovered from a stroke several years before his death.<ref name=obit/>