Education
Gumbel was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge.
After graduating in law in 1976, he followed in his father's footsteps and became a practicing barrister based at 3 Hare Court, Temple. Meanwhile, he became a regular worshipper at Holy Trinity Brompton, Knightsbridge. Then in 1982 he announced his decision to leave the bar to train for ordination in the Church of England. In 1983 Gumbel began theological studies at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford from where he graduated with an honours degree in theology. After some difficulty in finding a curacy, Gumbel joined the staff of his 'home' church of Holy Trinity Brompton Church in London as a curate in 1986. He was ordained priest in 1987.
Gumbel was officially installed as Vicar of Holy Trinity Brompton Church in September 2005 after the Reverend Prebendary Sandy Millar retired from stipendiary ministry and moved on to be an Assistant Bishop in the Diocese of London based at St Mark's Tollington Park in North London.
In 2007 he was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Gloucestershire (whose Chancellor is former Archbishop of Canterbury, George Carey) as recognition of his broad contribution to the wider church via Alpha.
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