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Reconstruction church without tower.

Characteristic Reformed church building, with tower. One of the many church buildings designed by the important Reformed architect Tjeerd Kuipers (1857-1942). Out of use as a Reformed Church in 1989. In use by the Christian community since 1990. Renovated in 1997. A floor was added, which meant that the original spatial effect of the interior was partly lost.

After the merger of the Reformed Church and the Reformed Congregations in Honselersdijk on 21 February 2011 within the Protestant Church in the Netherlands, both church buildings, the Rehoboth Church and De Voorhof, remained in use for several years. In 2016, the Rehoboth Church was renovated, with the interior being renewed. The church organ, built in 1967-1968 by the PC Bik company, was demolished. An organ from Rudolf Oehms from 1981 was purchased, built for the Sankt Piuskirche in Neunkirchen in Saarland. The organ was relocated by Ide Boogaard in collaboration with many volunteers. The Sankt Piuskirche was a modern church building from 1960, consecrated on 11 December 1960. After a final celebration on 31 October 2015, this church was closed due to a sharp decline in church attendance. On December 16, 2016, the renovated church building in Honselersdijk was put into use at the same time as the organ with a new name: the Regenboogkerk. The Voorhof was then taken out of use.

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)

Replaced a church from 1926.

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 church with tower in the hamlet of Kinderdijk-Middelweg.

Beautiful "Redodome" with tower. Until 2006 the municipality used the auditorium in the Prins Maurits school

From 1888 to 1952, the Reformed Church of Metslawier had a partnership with the Reformed Church of Niawier regarding religious services and a joint minister. On April 11, 2010, the Reformed Congregations and the Reformed Churches of Metslawier and Nijawier officially merged into: Protestant Congregation Metslawier-Niawier.

Interesting church with tower.