Doopsgezinde kerk naamlijst leden RM19206

Klaas van der Horst ( Amsterdam, 15 September 1731 -

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, 1 May 1825) was a Dutch Mennonite teacher and minister.Horst, Klaas van der (1731-1825)
on the

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Klaas was trained at the Mennonite seminary in Amsterdam, and served in Goes 1752-1757, Zwolle 1757, and Leiden 1757-1761 before moving to the

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where he served 1761-1825. During his service the congregations of the Haarlem Mennonite community were united (the largest were ''Vlaamse Blok'' and ''Waterlanders'') in 1784 and the sermon he gave on this occasion based on John 15:14 was published by his friend

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.Leerrede bij de vereeniging van twee Doopsgezinde gemeenten te Haarlem, by Klaas van der Horst, 1784 He had been friends with

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and was named in his will as member of the

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, a position which he filled from 1778-1825. He lived to a great age. File:Christelijke gezangen en liederen - Haarlem - van Walré, Bohn en Loosjes - 1804.png, Songbook published in 1804 with 74 lyrics by Aagje Deken and forward signed by van der Horst

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