Peter had a life changing encounter in August 1972 when Jesus forgave his sins and delivered him from a life of drugs and addiction during the time of the Hippie movement.

In 1973 he enrolled at the European Bible Seminary in Rudersberg, Germany after God had directed him to do so. While at the Seminary he received his call into ministry and into missions,and where he met his wife and partner in ministry Debbie whom he married in June 1977. After a 2,5 year internship in Northern Germany the Lord opened the doors for him and his wife Debbie to leave on board of a containership from Marseille to Tema Ghana, in April 1979.

During their time in Ghana their daughter Sarah, Adowa was born at the Lake Bosumtwe Clinic outside Kumasi. He served as main teacher at GBI (Ghana Bible Institute) and took over as pastor of a church that met in a wooden makeshift shed. Through the generous donations of YWEA the Kumasi City church was build which he pastored until he left Ghana with his family for studies at the Pentecostal Theological Seminary of the CoG Cleveland TN. After his MA studies he, Debbie and Sarah returned in January 1986 to Africa where he served as C.E. Coordinator for Eastern/Central Africa (extend to all Africa in 1990) for 21 years. After Zimbabwe the family moved to Nairobi Kenya and moved from there to establish their base in Germany due to the many travels.

From 2006-2008 he served in addition as Regional Superintendent for Central Africa Region, until 1 September 2008 when he was appointed as Field Director for Church of God Word Missions Africa, where he serves together with a team of experienced and committed leaders, known as the Africa Council.

Peter completed his MDiv 2004, and finally graduated with a DMin in 2019.

His passion is to see the Gospel taken to the unreached areas of Africa, especially the Sahel Zone, and those areas considered closed to the Gospel.

He perceives, as his greatest challenge to emulate the Christ Leadership Model of Servanthood.