Leendertz, Abraham Cornelis (1854-1930)
Abraham Cornelis Leendertz, b. 18 March 1854 at Kleve, Germany, d. 30 April 1930 at Budel, Dutch province of North Brabant, a son of Pastor Abraham Cornelis Leendertz of Kleve, was a Mennonite minister, serving at Warns 1880-1882. Then he resigned because of illness and resumed his ministry in 1886, serving the Holwerd congregation 1886-1893. In this year he published Voor Hart en Huis, a guide for family worship (Leeuwarden, 1893). In the same year he left the Mennonites and became a Reformed Church minister, serving at Sappemeer 1893-1899, Leiden 1899-1903, Stolwijk 1903-1906, Coevorden 1906-1914, St. Jacobi-Parochie 1914-1917, and Budel 1917-1930.
Bibliography
Visscher, H. and L. A. van Langeraad. Biographisch Woordenblek von Protestantsche Godgeleerden in Nederland. The Hague, 1903 f: v. 5: 679 f.
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