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Hendrik Arend van Gelder, a Dutch Mennonite minister, son of Hendrik van Gelder and Aagje Mats, b. 1825 at Wormerveer, d. 1899 at Haarlem, studied at the [[Amsterdam Mennonite Theological Seminary (Kweekschool)|Amsterdam Mennonite Seminary]] and then served the congregations of [[Mensingeweer (Groningen, Netherlands)|Mensingeweer]] 1851-1853, [[Medemblik (Noord-Holland, Netherlands)|Medemblik]] 1853-1855, [[Drachten en Ureterp (Friesland, Netherlands)|Drachten-Ureterp]] 1855-1858, [[Bolsward (Friesland, Netherlands)|Bolsward]] 1858-1863, and Haarlem 1863-1884. In 1853 he married Rinske Feikema of [[Franeker (Friesland, Netherlands)|Franeker]]. He was a learned man, whose learning was honored by an appointment to membership on the board of the Teylers Theologisch Genootschap. He also wrote a history of the Mennonite congregation of Haarlem, which, however, was never published.
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