Pieter Cornelius Potgieter is a minister of the Dutch Reformed Church in South Africa, and was Dean of the Faculty of Theology at the University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, between 1989 and 2003. Born in Bloemfontein in 1940, he served churches in Fish Hoek (1969-73) and Bellville (1973-77) before joining the Faculty of Theology in 1978.
Apart from his distinguished academic career – he was awarded the University’s Chancellor’s Medal – he was Moderator of the Dutch Reformed Church for two 4-year terms (1990-94 and 1998-2002) and has been involved in the Christian publishing industry.
Pieter Potgieter is a member of the International Reformed Theological Institute and the Theological Society of South Africa. The Trust published his booklet Victory: The Work of the Spirit in 1984.
