Adviescommissie voor de Geestelijke Belangen, (Advisory Committee for Spiritual Matters) was a Dutch Mennonite committee, which gave advice to the executive board of the Algemene Doopsgezinde Sociëteit (ADS, Dutch Mennonite Conference), especially in matters of spiritual interest. It was established in 1941; its members are appointed by the ADS., and all kinds of Dutch Mennonite activities and spiritual movements are represented in this committee, which in the 1950s met six to seven times a year. The board appointed to compose a preachers' manual (Kanselboek) was a subcommittee of the Geestelijke Belangen committee.

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