Ontmoetingskerk
Poortvliet, NL
Reconstruction church without tower. Replaced a church from 1887. Major renovation and extension in 1980-1982.
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Poortvliet, NL
Reconstruction church without tower. Replaced a church from 1887. Major renovation and extension in 1980-1982.
Rotterdam, NL
In the Zevenkamp district in Rotterdam-Noord. Modern church with tower.
Bodegraven, NL
On 1 January 2012, the Protestant Community of Bodegraven was created by the unification of the Reformed district communities 1, 2 and 3, the Reformed Church and the Evangelical Lutheran Community. The Emmaus District Community was also created. The originally Reformed church building, which is currently used by Emmaus, has been given a new name by the association: Ontmoetingskerk.
Alblasserdam, NL
The Ontmoetingskerk (Meeting Church) is a modern church building erected in 1995. It belongs to the Protestant Church in the Netherlands (PKN).
Heerhugowaard, NL
Built as a Reformed Church. Three-aisled pseudo-basilica with tower from 1870. The exterior shows a very eclectic round arch style with remarkably shaped buttresses. The interior, however, is still quite pronounced neoclassical in character with its heavy columns and stucco barrel vault. Galleries have been installed in the side aisles. Little remains of the original interior. Organ from 1873 by P. Flaes, extended in 1986 by Scheuerman & Zoon (Rotterdam) with a free pedal.
Katwijk aan den Rijn, NL
The Dutch Reformed Meeting Church at Nieuwe Duinweg 64 stands on the same spot as the wooden emergency church. That wooden Meeting Church was an old Zuiderzee barracks that moved to Katwijk in 1954. In 1961, the chapel was destroyed by a tornado. The new Meeting Church by architects Kraan and van Nieuwkoop was built on the same spot. A photo of the old Zuiderzee barracks hangs in the hall of the church. And on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of this congregation, a commemorative book was published in 2004.
Ede, NL
Modern church with small tower, built as Reformed Church (Liberated). Since 2023 NGK
Rijssen, NL
Built as a Reformed church. Interesting interbellum church with tower.
Oudewater, NL
Modern church building without tower, built as a Reformed Church. In 2005 this became the church of the Protestant Community of Oudewater (PGO), after a merger between the local Reformed Church and the Dutch Reformed sub-community "De Biezen", which until then had used its own "church centre". The Grote of St. Michaëlskerk in Oudewater has remained a separate Reformed community, with a Reformed Bond signature, which is separate from the PGO.
Dieren, NL
Large modern church with high tower. Built as the 2nd Dutch Reformed Church in Dieren, after the Village Church. Expansion 2004. Since the decommissioning of the Village Church in the centre of Dieren in 2003, this has been the central church of the Protestant Community of Dieren. Major renovation in 2006. The floor was renewed and the pews were replaced by chairs.
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