Born 1958; 1986-90 Minister in the Dutch Reformed Church; 1990-97 Assistant Professor in Biblical Studies, University of Pretoria; 1997-2002 Professor in New Testament Studies, University of Pretoria; 2005-09 Extraordinary Professor in New Testament Studies, University of Pretoria; since 2011 Research Fellow, Radboud University, The Netherland; since 2013 Extraordinary Professor, Contemporary Ecclesiology, University of the Free State, South Africa.
