De Hoeksteen
Leek, NL
Modern church with tower.
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Leek, NL
Modern church with tower.
Numansdorp, NL
This church is listed as a Municipal Monument of the Netherlands.
Putten, NL
The church replaced a church from 1965 on the Molenstraat. Modern church with bell tower. Also in use as a cemetery hall. In the period from March 2020 to June 2020, the Christian Reformed Church in Putten was renovated.
Meppel, NL
Nice single-nave church hall in neo-Gothic shapes, with pointed-arch stained glass windows. Extended and modernized ± late 1970s, by adding extensions to the right side of the church hall. This church contains a beautiful older organ, originating from the Chr. Geref. Church on the Lauriergracht in Amsterdam, which was decommissioned in 1986. The organ is at the back of the church and the pulpit at the front. The pulpit is provided with three panels depicting biblical scenes. As is the liturgical table. The woodcarving was made in 1977 by father and son Timmerman from Staphorst.
Katwijk aan Zee, NL
Dutch Reformed Church Center, without regular church services.
Bergentheim, NL
Modern church with tower. Extension in 2000.
Maarssen, NL
Modern church with small bell tower.
Nieuw-Lekkerland, NL
Modern church without tower. The congregation belonged to the church association of the Reformed Churches (Liberated).
Hallum, NL
The Reformed Church of Hallum and the Reformed community of Hallum-Hijum-Finkum have formed a Protestant community. Both church buildings are used alternately. The new community bears the name of Mariëngaarde, named after the monastery that stood here and was founded in 1163 by abbot Freark fan Hallum. (55-06)
Dussen, NL
The Reformed Church in Dussen originated from the secession from the Dutch Reformed Church in 1835. Initially, people attended church with fellow believers in Genderen or Almkerk, after which in 1840 the seceders of Dussen, Meeuwen, Babyloniënbroek, Hill and Drongelen founded a Christian Separatist community together. They went on to buy a house, yard, garden and orchard in Hoog-Meeuwen. That house was converted into a church building.
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