Venter, Gerhard

Gerhard Venter was born in Pretoria, South Africa, and came to the United States with his family in 1996. His long career in IT ended in 2010 due to chronic back pain, but he had already seen the writing on the wall and enrolled in seminary at Emory University. He graduated with a masters in theological studies (MTS) from Emory University in 2011. Gerhard has just completed a book titled Through Pain to Victory and is planning a dissertation on The text of the Psalms and religious coping with chronic pain. Gerhard (right on the banner) and his partner, Charles Gentle (left hand side of the ban...