What is Gijsbert Haan?
{{unsourced|date=January 2015}} '''Gijsbert Haan''' (or '''Gysbert Haan''') (January 3, 1801 - July 27, 1874) was the leader of the [[1857 Secession]] of [[Dutch-Americans]] from the [[Reformed Church in America]]. He was the creator of the [[Christian Reformed Church]] in the [[United States]] and [[Canada]]. Haan was born in [[Hilversum]], [[North Holland]], the [[Netherlands]] and died of [[liver disease]] in [[Grand Rapids, Michigan]]. {{DEFAULTSORT:Haan, Gijsbert}} [[Category:1801 births]] [[Category:1874 deaths]] [[Category:American Calvinists]] [[Category:American Christian clergy]] [[Category:Dutch Calvinists]] [[Category:Naturalized citizens of the United States]] [[Category:People from Hilversum]] [[Category:19th-century American people]] {{bio-stub}}