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Johannes Albertus Hoekstra, a Dutch Mennonite preacher, the son of Sjoerd Hoekstra and Maria Jans Valk, was born 28 June 1763 at Emden. He studied theology at the [[Amsterdam Mennonite Theological Seminary (Kweekschool)|Mennonite seminary]] "de Zon" in Amsterdam; in 1784 he was called as pastor to the [[Edam (Noord-Holland, Netherlands)|Edam church]]. He remained there until January 1786, served a year at Westzaan-Nord, then went to [[Utrecht (Utrecht, Netherlands)|Utrecht]], and in 1793 to Altona, [[Germany|Germany]], where he remained until his death (7 December 1817). The funeral sermon delivered by J. Goos, and a booklet, <em>Ter nagedachtenis van J. A. S. Hoekstra, </em>by J. Schultz, both appeared in Altona in 1817. He was a member of the directorate of [[Maatschappij tot Nut van 't Algemeen|<em>Tot Nut van't Algemeen</em>]].

A collection of sermons preached by J. A. Hoekstra and his father Sjoerd Hoekstra, <em>Plegtige leerredenen te Emden en Utrecht, </em>was published in Utrecht in 1790. He also wrote <em>Leerredenen en bedestonden </em>(Utrecht, 1787); <em>Twee leeredenen bij den doop, en afscheid van Utrecht </em>(Utrecht, 1793); <em>Iets ter handhaaving en bevordering van waarheid en plicht </em>(Altona, 1794); <em>Iets over Gods grootheid</em> (Altona, 1797); <em>Dichtkundige menglingen </em>(Amsterdam, 1800); <em>Dank- und Ermahnungs-predigt</em> (Altona, 1801); <em>Jubelpredikatie wegens 25</em> <em>jarige ambtsverrichting in onderscheiden Doopsgezinde gemeenten, gehouden te Altona am 8. October 1809 </em>(Altona, 1809). In addition he published with [[Karsdorp, Gerrit, Jr. (1729-1811)|G. Karsdorp]] and [[Jager, Jan de (1719-1802)|J. de Jager]], <em>Leerredenen. Met een vertoog, dat genade en plicht, de leer van Jesus en zijne apostelen, ook de leer van Menno en de waare Mennoniten is </em>(Altona, 1794), and with G. Karsdorp, <em>Stand- en Gedachtenisrede over Jan de Jager, Prediger zu Hamburg und Altona </em>(1802) and with J. Goos, <em>Ter gedachtenis van Gerrit Karsdorp, </em>a preacher at Hamburg and Altona, who died on 11 October 1811.
= Bibliography =
Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. <em> Mennonitisches Lexikon</em>, 4 vols. Frankfurt &amp; Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe; Schneider, 1913-1967: II, 323.

Molhuysen, P. C. and  P. J. Blok. <em>Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek</em> Leiden, 1911-1937: I, 1121.

Visscher, H. and L. A. van Langeraad. <em>Het protestantsche vaderland: biographisch woordenboek van protestantsche godgeleerden in Nederland</em>, 8 vols. Utrecht, 1903-1918.: IV, 77f.
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