CURRICULUM VITAE.
1. Personal information:
Surname: Wessels.
Full Name: Johannes Mattheus.
ID nr. 691204 5016 086
Date of Birth: 12 December 1969
Sex: Male.
Marital status: Married to Elzette le Roux on the 9th of February 1992.
Drivers Licence: Code 10
Home language: Afrikaans
Other languages: English, Tswana, Sotho, Zulu, Pedi.
Computer litteracy: Very good.
Sport: Squash, Tennis, road running.
Hobbies: Solo & choir singing, guitar, angling, birding, photography.
2. Academic Qualifications:
High School matriculated: Hoër Volkskool Potchefstroom.
Subjects passed: Afrikaans(HG)
English(HG)
Maths(HG)
Biblical Studies(HG)
History(HG)
Latin(HG)
Computer Science(HG)
Degrees obtained:
1990: BA (cum laude) Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education
1991: Hons BA Honns (Greek) (cum laude) Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education
1994: BTh University of the Free-State
2006: MTh in New Testament (cum laude) North-West University (Potch Campus)
3. My wife’s qualifications:
Dundee High School Matric (1987)
Potchefstroom University Higher Education Diploma (Secondary).(1989-92)
Hugenote Bybel Institute Diploma in Church work.
4. Career:
1995: Evangelisation amongst farm workers in Bothaville district
1995-2000: Minister of the Dutch Reformed Church of South Africa in Nietverdiend, South Africa
2000-current: Minister of the Dutch Reformed Church of Botswana in Lobatse, Botswana
5. Academic conferences:
NTSSA Conference 2005: Attendee
NTSSA Conference 2006: Read paper: “Cultural underlays to the conflict in Corinth revisited”
NTSSA Conference 2007: Read paper: “Contextual views on Paul’s attitude towards labour and remuneration – where do we stand?”
6. Research theme for PhD:
Offering the gospel adapanon. An appropriation and application of 1 Corinthians 9:18.