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The declaration has been formulated by the following churches and signed by their representatives:

Mr. Ad de Boer, chair of the national meeting of the Netherlands Reformed Churches.

Rev. Willem Altink, chair of the Dutch Union of the Seventh-Day Adventists.

Rev. dr. Alle Hoekema, secretary of the Board of the Mennonite Church in the Netherlands.

Drs. Jan Willem van der Kamp, chair of the national board of the Remonstrant Church.

Drs. Henk van Hout, chair of the Dutch Council of Churches. 

   The Council of Churches consists of the following members and associates with the primary representatives 

   mentioned between brackets:

   Anglican Church in the Netherlands (Rev. Sam Van Leer)

   Syrian-Orthodox Church in the Netherlands (Mor Polycarpus Augin Aydin)

   Federation of Free Evangelical Churches in the Netherlands (Rev. Ed van den Berg)

   Orthodox Society ‘H. Nikolaas van Myra’ (Fr. Hildo Bos)

   Roman Catholic Province of the Netherlands (Mgr. Jan van Burgsteden)

   Protestant Church in the Netherlands (Dr. Arjan Plaisier)

   Salvation Army (Major Jeanne van Hal)

   Basis Movement (Mrs. Yosé Höhne – Sparborth)

   Seventh Day Adventist Church (Rev. Willem Altink)

   Remonstrants (Rev. Foeke Knoppers)

   Maluku Evangelical Church (Rev. Zeth Pattikayhatu)

   Coptic Orthodox Church (Drs. Magdy Ramzy)

   Moravian Church in the Netherlands (Rev. Christoph Reichel)

   Mennonite Church in the Netherlands (Drs. Henk Stenvers)

   Old-Catholic Church of the Netherlands (Mgr. dr. Joris Vercammen)

   Quakers (Ir. Kees Nieuwerth)