Johannes_Belksma
Johannes Belksma
Dutch missionary
Johannes "Hans" Belksma (19 October 1884, Tzum – 3 March 1942, Tana Toraja)[1] was a Dutch missionary.[2] He was sent by Gereformeerde Zendingsbond , a missionary agency in Utrecht, Netherlands, to work in the Dutch East Indies.[3]
Belksma arrived in Tana Toraja, South Sulawesi, Dutch East Indies in May 1916. There he was suggested by Gereformeerde Zendingsbond to build Kweekschool . Belksma established Normaalcursus in Tana Toraja.[4]