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On September 5, 2016, construction began on the new church of the Reformed Church in Lunteren. The church was built on the corner of Westzoom and Klomperweg and has 1,300 seats.

The first church services under the responsibility of the Reformed Church in Rotterdam Mijnsherenplein are held on 24 February 1957. These meetings take place in the temporary building on the Larenkamp. In 1958 a committee is set up to investigate the construction of a church building of their own. On 25 March 1960 the church is instituted. From 1961 onwards the church services are held in the 'Credokerk' . In March 1962 the construction of the new church building on the Langenhorst can finally begin. Due to the extremely severe winter of 1962-1963 the construction is delayed. On 22 January 1964 the church building can be put into use. The number of seats is 690. In 1974/1975 expanded with a meeting room. The church building is also given the name 'Bethelkerk'.

In 1969, the first church services were held by the Reformed Church in Lelystad. The meetings took place in the Youth Centre Hoek van het IJ. Due to the growth of the church, in 1973 they moved to the auditorium of the Protestant-Christian primary school Immanuël on the IJssellaan. In 1975, the church community could start building a church on the Zuiderwagenplein. The church building was officially put into use on 12 May 1976. The number of seats was then 300. In 1995, it was decided to expand the church building with a large hall. The official opening took place on 16 October 1996.

Simple hall church without tower in traditional style, founded in 1917 according to a foundation stone in the front facade. Rising masonry, renewed or clad in later times. In the front facade a climbing round arch frieze. One-manual organ, made around 1900 by J. Proper (Kampen), restored in 2004 by the firm Gebr. Reil (Heerde).

Reformed Church of Tricht-Geldermalsen, founded in 1845. Initially, the members of the Reformed Church met in a flax barn in the Kerkstraat in Tricht. In 1934, a new church with 400 seats was put into use in Tricht. The building became too small and in 1969 a new church with 700 seats was built on the Tunnelweg in Geldermalsen. That church also became too small. In the summer of 2001, the first pile was driven for a new church on the Laan van Leeuwenstein. On 6 February 2003, it was officially put into use and was named Bethel Church. The architectural firm RoosRos in Oud-Beijerland made the design. There is room for 1224 churchgoers and if necessary, it can be expanded to 1600 seats. An electronic organ was used temporarily. But organ builder Bogaard built a permanent organ with 32 or 34 stops.

This church is now in use by the Protestant Evangelisation. Modern church with tower. Replaced an earlier church. Architecturally related to the Johanneskerk in Sint Jansklooster by the same architect.

After the previous church building in the Lange Boonestraat was sold to the Verenigde Touwfabrieken on February 18, 1955, in connection with expansion plans of this company, the possibility of new construction arose.

The Bethel Church, a reformed church. On the ground floor there is a kitchen and a practice room for music clubs. The actual church hall is on the first floor. The building is still in use by the Reformed Church.

Built to replace the demolished Gereformeerde Bethelkerk on the Spoorstraat. Architecturally very interesting modern church. On the right side a freestanding small belfry, in which 1 (older) bell, originating from the Geref. Duinkerk in the southern reconstruction district Nieuw Den Helder. This Bethelkerk is now the only Protestant (PKN) church building in "Den Helder binnen de Linie", i.e. the old center and its immediate surroundings.

The Reformed Church in the Netherlands has been meeting in a building at Trekvaart 17 in IJsselmuiden since 1981. This building was built as a car showroom and later furnished as a church hall. Since 2010, there have been plans to build a completely new church building at the current location.