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As early as 1933, church services were held in the Sunday school room Rehoboth behind the Reformed Martin's Church in Sint Maartensdijk, led by a confessional minister. This building was built by order of baker JM Boogert, who was also a Sunday school teacher. In 1965, a chapel was built on the Westvest, which was given the name "Schrift en Belijdenis". A year later, it was decided to establish an Extraordinary parish and the church was called Rehoboth Church. Since 1978, the parish has no longer been "extraordinary" but is seen as a recognized Reformed sub-municipality. In 1992, the church building was enlarged.

The congregation was founded around 1946, when a minister of the Reformed Church led a funeral in Soest. The first church service was held in the Eltheto hall of the Dutch Reformed Church on 8 February 1946. After this, the group met in a nursery school on Rembrandtlaan. After initially only holding weekly services, it was decided to also meet on Sundays. The first church service on Sundays took place on 25 August 1946. The congregation was established on 3 April 1958. In 1959, the painters' workshop behind the church hall was converted into a consistory and catechism room. Over the years, the church building had to be renovated. Due to the high costs, it was decided to have a completely new church building built on Dalweg. The last church service on Rembrandtlaan was on 15 December 1968. The church building on Dalweg was put into use on 18 December with 110 seats. In 1976, the church building was expanded with a meeting room. In 1987, the spiral staircase to the organ was moved to create space for 15 new seats. In 2000, the church building was expanded to 180 seats. A new meeting room was also added.

Built as a Restored Reformed Church. This church building with a turret was designed by the construction company Hijnekamp from Rhenen.

The Christian Reformed Church (CGK) in Lutten was instituted on 11 December 1892. It is not clear where the first church services were held. In 1901, a small church was built on the Anerweg-Noord. That old church was replaced in 1951 on the same spot by this new church, the Rehoboth Church, designed by architect J. Jans. The church was expanded in 1978. In recent years, the congregation appeared to be aging. The church in De Krim was already closed and dissolved on 26 August 2007. And that fate awaits the church in Lutten as well. It was decided to move to Hardenberg. In Hardenberg, the two Protestant Christian primary schools Ichthus and Sjaloom were merged into primary school De Vlinder. The building of the former Ichthus school is now used as a school. The CGK in Lutten bought the closed Sjaloom school and converted it into a church. The last church service was held in Lutten on Sunday 4 January 2009. On Sunday 11 January 2009 the first church service was held in the new church, which, like the school, is called Shalom. (61-09). The former church building on the Anerweg Noord was first rented and later sold to (at that time) the Reformed Church of Bergentheim / Bruchterveld eo (now Lutten eo).

Modern building without tower.

Modern church with tower in the hamlet of Kinderdijk-Middelweg.

When the new Reformed Church (Liberated) was put into use in 1978, the Reil organ from 1973 was taken from the old building to the new one. However, the organ did not meet the requirements in that larger church. In the spring of 2005, the Blank organ from the closed Chr. Geref. Church of Bussum was purchased. Organ builder Steendam took care of the relocation and restoration. The old Reil organ from Ermelo is going to Haarlem. On 1 December 2006, the organ in Ermelo was festively put into use. (54-05/57-07)

Reconstruction church without tower.

Beautiful modern church with tower. Replaced a wooden church that stood elsewhere.

"Refodome" with 2,000 seats. Replaced the former church building . Once again, the church of the Reformed Church (dating from 1967, expanded in 1998) became too small. There appeared to be two possibilities: 1) split the church and build a second church elsewhere, or 2) enlarge the existing church again. In March 2002, it was decided to split the church and build two new churches and sell the current church. In 2002, it was hoped to realize this plan in about four years. Construction began on the Lunterseweg in September 2007. The church was put into use on December 4, 2008 and was named Adullam Church. The Reformed Church of Barneveld has now been split into two churches, each with its own church building. (48-02/52-04/61-09)