Antonie Aris van de Loosdrecht (1 March 1885, Veenendaal – 26 July 1917, Tana Toraja) was a Dutch missionary.Th. van den End. 1994. Sumber-sumber zending tentang Gereja Toraja. Jakarta: BPK Gunung Mulia. p. 11 He was sent by Gereformeerde Zendingsbond, a Christian missionary agency which was established in the Netherlands.J. A. Sarira. 1975. Benih yang Tumbuh 6 – Gereja Toraja. Jakarta: LPS DGI dan BPS Gereja Toraja. p. 18-23.
Antonie Aris van de Loosdrecht was sent by Gereformeerde Zendingsbond Terance W. Bigalke. 2005. Tana Toraja: A Social History of an Indonesian People. Singapore. p. 76-108 to work in the Dutch East Indies. He was the first missionary who arrived in Tana Toraja, South Sulawesi, Dutch East Indies, where he built many schools. He also wrote books in the ethnic Toraja language for the students.Yesaya Todingbua' Manampa'. 1983. Injil dan Kebudayaan.Jakarta.p.173-178 He also requested that fellow Dutch missionary Hendrik van der Veen be sent to Tana Toraja.
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