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Modern church without tower.

The Ontmoetingskerk (Meeting Church) is a modern church building erected in 1995. It belongs to the Protestant Church in the Netherlands (PKN).

New church of the Free Evangelical Community, put into use on March 8, 2015. The design of the new church is by Bureau Architraaf.

Built as a Reformed Church, replacing an older church building. Cruciform church with a tower in neo-Gothic style.

Built as a new Reformed Church, replacing an older church from 1890 .

Replaced Schalkererf . Also Reformed Church, Thorough renovation in 2007.

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.

Modern church without tower. Expansion and renovation 2000. Built as Reformed Church (Liberated), after merger in 2023 NGK

Around 1450, Ovezande became an independent parish. The church still exists: it is the current Protestant church. A few wall paintings from the original interior have been preserved. The old church was dedicated to the holy apostles Peter and Paul. There was also a separate altar in honour of the Virgin Mary. The church was owned by the chapter of St. Peter in Utrecht. The counts of Zeeland (and Holland) from the Burgundian and later Austrian House had the right to appoint the pastor, who also had to pay for it himself. The pastors rarely visited their parish. It was an honorary position for them, and they outsourced the actual pastoral care to a local priest who was in their service.

The Reformed Western Church was built in 1932 at GJ van Heekstraat 338 in the Twekkelerveld district. This church was sold to the Reformed Church in 1967 and was then named Ontmoetingskerk. In 1983, the tower was demolished and the bell was placed in a belfry. When the Samen op Weg congregation was formed, the church was sold to the New Apostolic Church in 1989. In the autumn of 2004, the New Apostolic Church moved to Almelo and merged with the congregation in Almelo. The church building was sold and on 5 February 2005, the first service was held by the Acts Revival Church Enschede, a black African Pentecostal congregation with English and Dutch as the main languages. There is also a French-speaking Pentecostal church in Enschede. It meets in the Dutch Reformed Eastern Church from 1929. (53-05)