Background
Haasnoot was born on 28 March 1973 in Leiden, Netherlands. She grew up in Katwijk in a religious family.
Haasnoot was born on 28 March 1973 in Leiden, Netherlands. She grew up in Katwijk in a religious family.
After attending the local grammar school, she studied and trained to be a nurse but subsequently studied theology from 1993 to 1995 at the University of Leiden. In 2002 she successfully studied for her doctorate in theology at the University of Amsterdam.
From 2007 to 2010 she was the Vice Chairman of the General Synod, the supreme governing body of the PKN. She is currently preacher at the Reformed Church, Rijnsburg. Haasnoot has published a book titled Neem je plaats in meaning "Take your place" in which she has explained her personal quest for the place which God has ordained her. She tells people to attend church, giving practical guidelines.
Haasnoot started her religious career in 2000 as a trainee minister at the Reformed Church of The Hague-East.
Between 2004 and 2012 she worked for the Reformed Church of Geldermalsen. Here I am in my place."
In the Xnoizz Flevo festival held in August 2007 for four days in the open air in Bussloo, Netherlands, which attracted more than 10,000 young people, Hassanot was one of the speakers who talked on the subjects of "faith, God, politics and sexuality".
They have five children: Elise (born in 1998), Timo and Jesse (born in 2002) and Luke and Rebecca (born in 2011).