Hendrik Kraemer

Hendrik Kraemer (17 May 1888 – 11 November 1965) was a lay missiologist and figure in the ecumenical movement from Dutch Reformed Church in the Netherlands.

He encouraged the Dutch to allow the spread missionary activities outside of the Dutch East India Company-restricted area in eastern Indonesia to the rest of the archipelago.

[1] Kraemer lost his parents when he was 12 years old, so he stayed in an orphanage.

[4] He learned the Bible by himself, and he never entered theological seminary.

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