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The Shri Swaminarayan Mandir or Neasden Temple is a Hindu temple in London, owned by the Hindu world organization BAPS. Built from 1993 to 1995 in India, the temple was then assembled in London. The marble building is one of the largest Hindu temples outside Europe.

The Baptist Church community has been organizing meetings since the end of the 1ste World War. The Community has been on this location since 1935.

The Reformed Church in Drachten originated around 1954 from the Christian Reformed Church. The first few months, the church met in a shed on the Dwarsstraat. A few weeks later, they moved to the “Mennozaal” of the Mennonite church. In 1954, a painting workshop was purchased on the Zuidkade. After this shed was demolished, a simple church building was built on the same site. With around 70 seats. In 1962, the church sought affiliation with the church association of the Reformed Church. In 1969, it was decided to expand the church building to 150 seats. After the church grew, it was decided in 1974 to build a new church building on De Singel. The old church building on the Zuidkade was sold to the Baptist church. As of April 16, 2007, church services for Antilleans have been held every Sunday afternoon in the Elim building on the Zuidkade. The languages ​​spoken are Antillean and Dutch. (58-07)

Building from 1862 of the Association of Christian Interests in Franeker. Initially used as a school, later as a meeting location. In 1895 it came into the possession of the Reformed Church. Because a facade stone with an opened Bible was placed in the wall, this building was known as "the Bible". From 1926 this building became the home of the alcohol control organization ANDO for over 40 years. From 1982 it became a church, when the Reformed Church Liberated moved in. Out of use in 2003, after which the building was sold to the Free Baptist Church Maranatha (split-off Filadelfia). The Reformed Church Liberated then moved to the church building at Voorstraat 71

Emergency chapel, out of use 1975. Replaced on site by new building. Demolished.

Interesting hall church without a tower.

Built as New Apostolic Church. Characteristic modern church building, octagonal. Out of use as New Apostolic Church in 2004. Since then in use as a Baptist Church.

Built as a Protestant chapel. Rectangular hall church in functionalist style. Continuous window zone under the flat roof. Architecturally, this church building is somewhat comparable to the (larger) Roman Catholic Salvator Church, nearby in the same district: extreme austerity, no tower.

The church, built in 1931, has been expanded once before. But again, the 200-seat church hall was too small. Between September 2004 and January 2005, a new church hall was added with 300 seats. (53-05)

Neo-Gothic church with a tower.