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Website of the Pilgrimfathers' Church in Rotterdam-Delfshaven (NL)
Welcome on the website of the Pilgrimfathers' Church in Rotterdam-Delfshaven.
Above you see changing pictures of the Pilgrimfathers' Church in Rotterdam-Delfshaven, one of the most historic neigbourhoods of Rotterdam in The Netherlands.
On July, 21st of 1620 a group of English religious dissenters first living eleven years in Leiden decided to become Pilgrims and cross the wide waters to America, where they might worship God in their own way and still be Englishmen. Their journey started in Delfshaven, in that period leading a prosperous existence as the main harbour of the city of Delft. In that harbour a ship awaited them, the Speedwell, that was bound for America.
According to the chronicles the Pilgrim Fathers knelt down in prayer on the quay near the church, that was later to be named after them, the Pilgrimfathers' Church.
Historical research shows that US President Barack Obama is descended from the Pilgrim Fathers who left the Dutch town of Leiden in 1620 to found the Plymouth colony in Massachusetts. Mr. Obama is the seventh American president directly descended from the Pilgrim Fathers.
On this website you can find more information about the history of the Pilgrimfathers' Church. On this website you can also find pictures of the Pilgrimfathers' Church in Rotterdam and read about (upcoming) activities in the church.
Address of the church: Aelbrechtskolk 20 NL - 3024 RE ROTTERDAM THE NETHERLANDS
Bank account for wired transfers: IBAN: NL20 RABO 0361 9757 59 BIC: RABONL2U
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