Ontmoetingskerk
Nijmegen, NL
Sober modern church in the southwestern expansion district of Dukenburg. Built in ecumenical cooperation as Dutch Reformed, Reformed and Roman Catholic churches.
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Nijmegen, NL
Sober modern church in the southwestern expansion district of Dukenburg. Built in ecumenical cooperation as Dutch Reformed, Reformed and Roman Catholic churches.
Rijsenhout, NL
Modern church without tower.
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).
IJsselstein, NL
Interesting modern church without tower. This church was built as the central church of the PKN IJsselstein and replaced two other church buildings: the Dutch Reformed Castle Chapel and the Reformed Church De Poort. On the site of the former Reformed Church De Poort.
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.
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.
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.
Hasselt, NL
Modern church without tower. Expansion and renovation 2000. Built as Reformed Church (Liberated), after merger in 2023 NGK
Noordeloos, NL
Modern church with "tower". Replaced an earlier small hall church elsewhere in Noordeloos.
Middelburg, NL
Interesting modern church. Built as Dutch Reformed Church in Middelburg-West. Now Reformed Church of a Special Nature Middelburg. Will eventually be replaced by a new church building.
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