Ontmoetingskerk
Rotterdam, NL
In the Zevenkamp district in Rotterdam-Noord. Modern church with tower.
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Rotterdam, NL
In the Zevenkamp district in Rotterdam-Noord. Modern church with tower.
Haarlem, NL
Replaced Schalkererf . Also Reformed Church, Thorough renovation in 2007.
Noordeloos, NL
Modern church with "tower". Replaced an earlier small hall church elsewhere in Noordeloos.
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.
Bergen op Zoom, NL
Architecturally extremely important, and well preserved, church building with roof turret. Built as a Reformed Church.
Poortvliet, NL
Reconstruction church without tower. Replaced a church from 1887. Major renovation and extension in 1980-1982.
Kamerik, NL
Reconstruction church without tower. Expansion.
Gouda, NL
Built as Dutch Reformed Peace Church. Modern church with metal bell tower. Since 2013 the name of the church building is Ontmoetingskerk instead of Vredeskerk. This was due to the merger of the Reformed and Gereformeerde parishes. In ± 2013 the church was also extensively renovated. The bell tower has disappeared (see the difference in Images Exterior below).
Pesse, NL
Since May 24, 2015, this church, together with the Dutch Reformed Church, forms the "Protestant Community of Pesse".
Haren, NL
Modern church without tower. Built to replace the previous Reformed Church (Liberated), which had to be transferred to the Dutch Reformed Church. Expansion and renovation in 1998. Since the merger in 2023 NGK.
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