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Johann Peter Müller, a Dutch Mennonite minister, was born at [[Amsterdam (Noord-Holland, Netherlands)|Amsterdam]] on 24 September 1829. He studied theology at the [[Amsterdam Mennonite Theological Seminary (Kweekschool)|Mennonite Seminary in Amsterdam]], served the congregations of Mensingeweer 1854-1857, Rotterdam 1857-1861, retired for reasons of health in 1861, then served at [[Zwartsluis (Overijssel, Netherlands)|Zwartsluis]] 1867-1872, and Emden 1872-1904; then he retired. In 1869 he received the title of Doctor of Theology at the University of Leiden. He is the author of the books, <em>Geschiedenis der ontwikkeling van het christologisch dogma in de Grieksche Kerk </em>(his doctoral dissertation) and <em>Die Mennoniten in Ostfriesland vom 16. zum 18. Jahrhundert, </em>a work which was unfortunately not completed. The first part was published at Emden in 1887; the second part without place or date of publication. Müller also published <em>Drei Predigten </em>(Emden, n.d.-1890). He was influential in the formation of the Vereinigung ([[Vereinigung der deutschen Mennonitengemeinden (Union of German Mennonite Congregations)|Conference of German Mennonite Churches]]), after an attempt to form such a union at [[Friedelsheim (Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany)|Friedelsheim]] in 1874 had failed. Johann Peter Müller was married to M. Th. Rutgers of [[Baflo (Groningen, Netherlands)|Baflo, Groningen]]; his son Paulus Müller (1863-1924) was director of a publishing house at Amsterdam. Johann Peter Müller died 25 March 1907.


= Bibliography =
Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. <em class="gameo_bibliography">Mennonitisches Lexikon</em>, 4 vols. Frankfurt &amp; Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe: Schneider, 1913-1967: v. III, 179.


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