Background
Potratz, Willis Everett was born on November 16, 1923.
Potratz, Willis Everett was born on November 16, 1923.
Bachelor, Sioux Falls (South Dakota) College, 1951. Bachelor's Degree, North American Baptist Seminary, Sioux Falls, 1954. Master of Religious Education, North American Baptist Seminary, Sioux Falls, 1960.
Doctor of Divinity, Judson College, Elgin, Illinois, 1984.
Student pastor Union Presbyterian Church, Canova, South Dakota, 1950-1954. Pastor Plum Creek Baptist Church, Emery, 1954-1960, Grace Baptist Church, Grand Forks, North Dakota, 1960-1968, First Baptist Church, Lodi, California, 1968-1973. Area minister N. American Baptist Conference, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, 1973-1981, director area ministers, associate executive director, 1981-1990.
Pastor emeritus, pastor of care and visitation Century Baptist Church, Bismarck, North Dakota, since 1990.