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Hendrik van Kalker (Calcar) (1683-?) was a Dutch Mennonite of [[Deventer (Overijssel, Netherlands)|Deventer]] who left the [[Flemish Mennonites|Old Flemish]] congregation of his home town to join the Swiss Mennonite congregation of [[Hoogezand-Sappemeer (Groningen, Netherlands)|Sappemeer]]. He published at Groningen in 1744 a Confession drawn up by his father-in-law, [[Komen, Jan van (ca. 1680-1742)|Jan van Komen]], and wrote a preface for this book. It is not clear whether an appendix to this book, entitled: <em>Korte Redengevinge van den dienst der Oudsten, </em>which contains a number of particulars about the Swiss Mennonite ministry in the [[Netherlands|Netherlands]], was written by van Komen or by van Kalker. Van Kalker was married 1703 to Grietje van Komen.
= Bibliography =
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