Hendrik Jan Elhorst

Hendrik Jan Elhorst's name as "teacher, called 1900" in the Doopsgezinde kerk, Haarlem

Hendrik Jan Elhorst (29 October 1861, Wisch, Gelderland 17 June 1924, Amsterdam) was a Dutch Mennonite teacher and minister.

He was trained at the gymnasium in Deventer and then at the Amsterdam Mennonite seminary and first served in Irnsum (Friesland) 1887-1888, Arnhem 1888-1898, The Hague 1898-1900, before being called in 1900 to serve in the Doopsgezinde kerk, Haarlem, where he became a member of the Teylers First Society in 1902.[1] Van Gelder became a professor in the University of Amsterdam 1906-1924. He was one of the founders and editors of Teylers Theologisch Tijdschrift.

References

  1. Elhorst, Henrik Jan (1861-1924) on the Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online
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