Doopsgezinde kerk, Haarlem

The Doopsgezinde kerk is a historical hidden Mennonite church dating from the 17th century between the Grote Houtstraat, Peuzelaarsteeg and the Frankestraat in Haarlem, Netherlands.

[1] The original entrance was a simple narrow door in the alley connecting the shopping street Grote Houtstraat to the Frankestraat, called the Peuzelaarsteeg, and through the purchase of a house in the Frankestraat a new, larger, entrance was created in 1717.

In 1757 a group of members of the church, including Pieter Teyler van der Hulst, purchased a house on the Grote Houtstraat and created a modern but unobtrusive entrance with long hallway.

In 1804 a songbook Christelijke Gezangen en Liederen was published in Haarlem of 150 songs with accompanying music.

Aagje Deken wrote the text for 74 of these songs for which she asked 4 ducats (21 guilders) compensation per page.

Entrance built in 1757 to the Doopsgezinde kerk on the Grote Houtstraat in Haarlem.
View from the pulpit
Name board of the ministers (called teachers) and deacons of the church in the 18th century.
Hymn book published in 1804 with a foreword by the Mennonite teachers of Haarlem