Klaas van der Horst
Klaas van der Horst was a Dutch Mennonite teacher and minister.
Klaas was trained at the Mennonite seminary in Amsterdam, and served in Goes 1752-1757, Zwolle 1757, and Leiden 1757-1761 before moving to the Doopsgezinde kerk, Haarlem where he served 1761-1825. During his service the congregations of the Haarlem Mennonite community were united in 1784 and the sermon he gave on this occasion based on John 15:14 was published by his friend Adriaan Loosjes.
He had been friends with Pieter Teyler van der Hulst and was named in his will as member of the Teylers First Society, a position which he filled from 1778-1825. He lived to a great age.
