Jan van der Graaf
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Jan van der Graaf | |
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| Born | 12 January 1937 Ridderkerk, Netherlands |
| Died | 14 October 2022 (aged 85) Huizen, Netherlands |
| Occupation(s) | Church administrator, editor, author |
| Known for | General Secretary of the Reformed Association in the Dutch Reformed Church |
| Relatives | Christian minister Bas Plaisier |
Jan van der Graaf (12 January 1937 – 14 October 2022) was a Dutch church administrator and engineer.[1] He was General Secretary of the Reformed Association in the Dutch Reformed Church between 1973 and 2000.[2] Van der Graaf also wrote several books,[3] was chief editor of the Reformed Association's magazine De Waarheidsvriend and associated with the Evangelische Omroep.[4]
For the most part of his youth he was a member of the Reformed Congregations. Although Van der Graaf didn't study theology - instead, he studied chemical technology at Delft University of Technology[5] and did some teaching afterwards - he acted like a theologian. He was an iconic personality in representing the Reformed Association (Gereformeerde Bond).[6]
Van der Graaf was awarded an honorary doctorate from the Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary in 1994.[7]
Van der Graaf died in Huizen on 14 October 2022, at the age of 85.[2]
