Pieter Klaver

Pieter Klaver ( January 23 1890 - Groningen , May 3 1970 ) was a Dutch pastor , missionary and in the period 1930-60 is one of the leaders of the Dutch Pentecostalism .

Clover was born into a family as the youngest of six children. He grew up in Amsterdam . At the age of 16 began Clover services of the Salvation Army to attend and converted them to Christianity . He then attended the college of the Salvation Army.

In 1909 visited Clover with a friend a service of the Pentecostal church in Amsterdam, where Gerrit Polman was pastor. That night he first heard someone in tongues speak. This experience made a deep impression on him and he left shortly after the Salvation Army. According to his own words, he was in 1911, baptized with the Holy Spirit, an experience typical of the Pentecostal movement.

In 1912 or early Polman Clover did not want to follow the newly founded missionary school. This did then he worked from 1915 to 1927 in China and from 1929 to 1933 on Java . On his return he became pastor of the Pentecostal Church in Amsterdam.

Clover was soon one of the leading figures in Pentecostal Netherlands. For years he led the congregation in Amsterdam. In his work, he was stood aside by his wife, who was a great help through her musical talents.In 1956 Clover wore presiding over to E. Schuurman.

After Clover had taken leave of his congregation in 1956, he remained active in the rural work. As president of the Brotherhood of Pentecostal Churches, he worked in 1960 to participate in formation of the Dutch Pentecostal Bible school in Groningen. The last years of his life brought by Pieter Klaver in Groningen, where he died at the age of 80.