Faculty profiles
Dr Daniel Simango
Principal
Dr Daniel Simango has a Licentiate in Theology (LTh) from the Bible Institute of South Africa (2000), a BA in Theology (cum laude), a BA Honours in Theology from Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education (2002), and a MA in Old Testament from North West University (2006) followed by a PhD in Old Testament from North-West University (2011). Dr Simango has many years of Christian ministry experience. He served as a pastor of United Baptist Church in Zimbabwe for a number of years. He served as Academic Dean at Rusitu Bible College (RBC) in Zimbabwe.He also served as registrar and lecturer at Harare Theological College (HTC) in Harare for several years. Dr Simango served as a part-time lecturer at the Bible Institute of South Africa for two years. He also served as a part-time lecturer at George Whitefield College (GWC) for three years. In 2010, the Bible Institute of South Africa Board of Directors appointed Dr Simango as a full-time Old Testament lecturer and they appointed him Principal of the college in 2014. Since then, Dr Simango serves as the Principal and he also lectures Old Testament and Hebrew courses to the undergraduate students. Since 2014, Dr Simango has served as Extraordinary Researcher in the Unit for Reformed Theology and Development of the SA Society at the Potchefstroom Campus of the North-West University. He has had a number of articles published in local peer-reviewed Old Testament Academic Journals. He supervises and examines North-West University (NWU) post-graduate students in Old Testament studies.He also serves as an elder at Kalk Bay Community Church. Dr Simango is married to Patience and they have two children.
Dr. Chris Warton
Faculty
Rev. Shaun Hurrie
Faculty
Rev Gideon Beukes
Dean of Students
For the past 35 years Gideon and Madel have been blessed to be in ministry – to know Christ and to make Him known. Their journey in missions began in the mountain kingdom of Lesotho in a village called Mphaki, where Gideon pastored a Sesotho-speaking congregation, and reached out to one of the least evangelised people groups in Africa, the Basotho shepherds.
Madel, a mathematics teacher, taught at a local high school, and loved interacting with the women of the area. Living among, and learning from the Basotho and Xhosa believers, was one of the most enriching and eye opening experiences of their lives. In 2001 Gideon furthered his theological studies in the USA, and in 2004 was appointed as lecturer at the Bible Institute of South Africa (BISA) in Cape Town.
In 2018 another exciting door opened when Gideon was asked to pastor Scarborough Community Church (SCC). Madel enjoys serving alongside him, and together with the people of God they purpose to know Jesus Christ and make Him known, for His glory. They have three adult children and eight grandchildren. A verse that never ceases to encourage them is Psalm 32:1-2 “Blessed is the one whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered. Blessed is the one whose sin the Lord does not count against them and in whose spirit is no deceit.”
Gideon loves teaching Church History and the New Testament.
Dr Pete Smuts
Acting Academic Dean
Dr Peter Smuts graduated with a BA.LLB degree from the University of Cape Town, a Dip.Theol from the Bible Institute of South Africa, a Master of Arts in Religion from Westminster Seminary California, and a PhD from Westminster Seminary in Philadelphia. His doctoral dissertation was based on a study of Luke 21. Dr Smuts has been admitted to practice law as both an Attorney and Advocate of the Supreme Court of South Africa. He has, however, not been active in the legal profession since 1985.
He has many years of Christian ministry experience particularly in the area of theological education in which he has filled a number of leadership positions. He functioned as the Acting Rector of St. Paul’s REACHSA in Stellenbosch for a number of months and held the position of Adjunct Faculty at John Wycliffe Theological College in Gauteng for several years. He was a member of the Executive Committee and Council of ACTEA (The Association for Christian Theological Education in Africa) from 2013-2016. He is currently a certified assessor for ACTEA accreditation. His teaching and preaching ministry extends beyond the campus and borders of South Africa. He joined the Faculty of the Bible Institute of South Africa in July 1996. Since that time he has held a variety of administrative and academic positions at the college including Dean of Students, Dean of Graduate Studies, Vice Principal, Acting Academic Dean and Acting Principal. He teaches New Testament Interpretation, Homiletics, New Testament Greek and Biblical Theology. He has had a number of articles published in a local theological journal and is the author of Mark by the Book: A New Multidirectional Method For Understanding the Synoptic Gospels (P&R, 2013). He is also a contributor to the Africa Study Bible (Oasis International, 2017) and The Spiritual Growth Bible (Christian Art Publishers, 2021).
Dr. Smuts is married to Dagmar, and they have a son, three daughters and six grandchildren
Sizwe Maseti was born in the Eastern Cape and was schooled in Cape Town. He holds a diploma in IT Technology, working in the industry for five years and specialising in hardware development. He is a past student of the Bible Institute, graduating with a BTh/LTh followed by BA (Hons) Theology in 2015. Sizwe has an MTh (cum laude) in Old Testament studies at Stellenbosch University. In July 2021, the Bible Institute of South Africa Board of Directors appointed Sizwe as a full-time faculty member. As a full-time faculty, Sizwe occupies the Augustine Chair of Reformed theology. Sizwe is also an associate pastor of a church plant in the Makhaza area of Khayelitsha. He is married to Sethu and they have twin girls and a boy.
Rev Sizwe Maseti
Faculty
Rev Benjamin van Rensburg
Faculty
Benjamin van Rensburg received a BA in Theology and Psychology and a BTh at the University of the Free State, as well as a Postgraduate Diploma in Missiology at the Bible Institute of South Africa and a MA in New Testament studies from North-West University in Potchefstroom. His dissertation focused on the concept of witness in 1 Peter 2:9. Benjamin was ordained with the Dutch Reformed Church, but became a minister of the Free Church of Scotland in 2013.
Benjamin served for 26 years in Istanbul, Turkiye. During that time he served for 14 years as Senior Pastor at the Union Church of Istanbul, a multicultural church with services in English, Turkish, Amharic and Mandarin as well as lecturing at a small Turkish Bible college. He has also served in a Turkish church. While in Turkiye, Benjamin established a tour operating company focusing on biblical tourism. He organised and led numerous tours in Turkiye, Greece and Israel.
Benjamin also spent four years in Scotland as Pastor for the Free Church of Scotland and three years in Mauritius as Principal of the Mauritian Bible Training Institute. He is currently also serving as Pastor at the Reformed Church of Hout Bay.
Benjamin’s hobbies include street photography and scuba diving. He is interested in languages and speaks English, Afrikaans and Turkish fluently.
Benjamin is married to Elaine and they have two daughters, Sarah and Rachel who live in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Part Time Lecturers
Chris Warton is a medical doctor, he recently retired from UCT where he was an anatomist and senior lecturer in the Dept of Human Biology at the health sciences faculty at Medical School. He, his wife and five of their six children have studied at BI. Chris is a founding board member of The Vine School, formerly John Wycliffe Christian School in Cape Town. His particular interest is in Christian and Medical Ethics.
Dr Chris Warton
Part Time Lecturer
Greg Cook has been associate pastor at Christ Chapel Bible church, Fort Worth Texas since 1995 and the founder and director of Soul Care since 2004.
He graduated with a Doctor of Ministry from Westminster Theological Seminary in Pastoral Counselling, Masters in Counselling from Amberton University, and Master of Arts in Biblical Studies at Dallas Theological Seminary.
Greg is married to Nancy and they have three daughters.
Dr Greg Cook
Part Time Lecturer
Andri Buys lectures in Introduction to Biblical Greek and Academic and Digital
Literacy at BISA. She holds a BDiv Honours, a BA Honours in Ancient Languages,
and a Master of Theology at North West University. She is currently completing her
PhD in New Testament at the University of Appeldoorn.
Andri’s academic passions include Biblical Greek and the development of students’
skills for theological study and research. She is married to Armand Buys and resides
in Pretoria.
Ms Andri Buys
Part Time Lecturer
Pieter Pienaar has a Licentiate in Theology from the Afrikaanse Baptiste Seminarium (2008) and a BA Honours in Theology from Potchefstroom University (2012).
His parents were saved when he started high school and their faith had a profound impact on him. He came to faith at the age of 15. He joined a local church soon thereafter and has been involved in some form of ministry ever since. After volunteering with a Christian organization for three years, he felt called to the ministry. He started studying in 2005 and met his wife in 2008 while studying for his finals. They were married a year later and the Lord has since blessed them with four children. It has been Pieter's privilege to serve as pastor of Strand Baptist Church since 2014.
Mr Pieter Pienaar
Part Time Lecturer​
Matthew Courtney serves as an assistant minister at Christ Church Somerset West, with the help of his wife, Kendra. He studied at the Bible Institute of South Africa and George Whitefield College before entering full-time ministry in REACH-SA and holds an MTh in covenant theology. While focusing on local church ministry, he aims to benefit the broader church by serving as a part-time lecturer and writing articles for those serving in their local church. In his spare time, he enjoys running, reading, and brewing a good cup of coffee.
Mr Matthew Courtney
Part Time Lecturer​
Dr Karl Peterson
DLP Facilitator
Karl Peterson is an elder at Parker Hills Bible Fellowship in Colorado, USA, and serves as a
missionary under Christian Missions in Many Lands. He holds a Certificate in Biblical Studies from Emmaus University (Dubuque, USA), a Bachelor of Arts (Geology and Physics) from the University of Colorado at Boulder, and both an MDiv and DMin in Urban Missions from Westminster Theological Seminary (Philadelphia, USA).
In 1995, Karl and his family relocated to Maputo, Mozambique, where they planted churches with the Igreja Nova Aliança, directed that church’s Bible training institute, and coordinated pastors’ conferences in Nampula and Maputo on behalf of the Brazilian publisher Ministério Fiel. During this period he also served as country coordinator for Emmaus Online correspondence courses.
In 2002, the Petersons moved to Barberton, Mpumalanga, where Karl pastored Barberton
Community Baptist Church for five years. He continued his ministry in Mozambique and
coordinated conferences in Barberton, Nelspruit, and Manzini, Eswatini through African
Pastors’ Conferences.
In 2012, the family moved to Fish Hoek, where Karl joined the full-time faculty at BISA.
When his family returned to the USA in 2017, Karl remained engaged as a DLP facilitator at
BISA and a visiting lecturer at Lusaka Ministerial College in Zambia.
Karl is married to Glynn, and together they have six children and seven grandchildren.
Rob Huffstedtler currently assists in our Distance Learning Program teaching in the Systematic Theology and Ethics subjects.
Mr Rob Huffstedtler
DLP Facilitator
Gabriel Reuterink describes himself as a follower of Jesus Christ and a lifelong learner in
Theology! He serves in children’s ministry in his local church congregation, and is currently
completing his Master’s in Theology degree with a focus on South African Church History. He enjoys having brothers and sisters in Christ in his home, reading Christian literature and
sometimes spending time in nature.
Mr Gabriel Reuterink
DLP Facilitator
John Koning has been involved in pastoral ministry, church planting, and theological training since the late 1980s. He is married to Moekie, they reside in Cintsa East, on the Wild Coast. As a family they love spending time with their two sons, daughter in law and two grandsons. They are mad about being outdoors: camping, hiking, and visiting game reserves. John has his PhD on Keller’s theology and practice of contextualisation, and its relevance in South Africa. Both John and Moekie are graduates of BISA. Moekie is a dentist. John writes for TGC and Redeemer City to City and has many invitations to preach and teach.
Dr John Koning
DLP Facilitator
David Taylor teaches the online Untangled Business as Missions Core Course. David and his wife were missionaries in Malawi for thirty years and involved in setting up businesses there for 15 years. They are now based in Nottingham, UK and their role is to equip people with Biblical convictions regarding money and wealth. David holds BA (hons) MBA degrees.
Mr David Taylor
Business as Missions