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[[File:Barthel-HC.jpg|300px|thumb|right|''H. C. Barthel 

Source: Doopsgezind 

Jaarboekje 

'']]     Hendrik Christiaan Barthel, b. 19 April 1877, d. 30 December 1936, became <em>proponent </em>(ministerial candidate) of the [[Algemene Doopsgezinde Societeit|Algemene Doopsgezinde Sociëteit]] in 1902 after completing his studies at the University of Utrecht and the [[Amsterdam Mennonite Theological Seminary (Kweekschool)|Amsterdam seminary]]. He served in succession the following congregations: [[Holwerd (Friesland, Netherlands)|Holwerd]], 1902-1912; [[Balk (Friesland, Netherlands)|Balk]] and [[Woudsend (Friesland, Netherlands)|Woudsend]], 1912-1916; [[Aalsmeer (Noord-Holland, Netherlands)|Aalsmeer]], 1916-1926; [[Twisk (Noord-Holland, Netherlands)|Twisk]] and [[Medemblik (Noord-Holland, Netherlands)|Medemblik]], 1926-1935, in which year he had to resign because of his health. By those who knew him he was honored as a man of simplicity and faithfulness to duty. Through his principles—Christian socialism, total abstinence, nonresistance—he occupied a unique place in the brotherhood.
= Bibliography =
<em>Doopsgezind Jaarboekje</em> (1938): 23-27, with portrait.

<em>De Meerbode</em> (Aalsmeer, 5 January 1937).
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