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W J van der Merwe

1906 - 1989

Author of 18 theological books

Was Professor of Missiology at the University of Stellenbosch, 1963-1974 and Dean of the Theological Faculty

Willem Jacobus (Willie) Van der Merwe was born on 31 August 1906.
He studied at the University of Stellenbosch and at the Hartford Seminary in the USA (PhD 1934). He worked for 24 years as a NGK missionary in Masjonaland, (then) Southern Rhodesia, where he also was head of the Morgenster school. He joined the University of Stellenbosch in 1959, was professor of Missiology from 1963 and dean of the theological faculty. After his retirement in 1974 he served for four years as rector and part time lecturer of the theological school Orumana in Namibia. He also was part time lecturing at the University of Western Cape and at the Huguenot College in Wellington.

Awards and Honours:

Doctor honoris causa, University of Stellenbosch 1985

Books

Some of his 18 books were translated into 5 languages
Die pad vorentoe , 1986
and others

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