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When the Reformed Church in Dedemsvaart felt compelled to build a new church in 1995, the architect GERRITSMA from Assen was asked to incorporate two facets. On the one hand, the building had to become the home - as the centre of church life - for the congregation. On the other hand, it had to be clearly recognisable as a church that is aware of its place in society - albeit not dominant, but modest. After extensive discussions, it was decided to create a space with a light character, but also with the privacy of round walls that envelop the congregation. Small openings provide a window on the world. The indirect daylight and the circular lines in the walls strengthen the feeling of intimacy and solidarity. At one point, the enveloping wall breaks open and only the structural frame remains, the facade gives way to make room for the light that falls from above.

The Reformed Church of Oosterland was founded around 1919 when a majority of the members left the Reformed Church. The church was instituted on 12 May 1919. The worker's house with barn, purchased in 1846 and furnished as a church building, was demolished in 1917, after which a new church building was built with 200 seats. In 1980, the church building was expanded with a side wing, bringing the number of seats to 350. In 2014, a house and shop were demolished against the church to make room for the construction of the building De Ark for the youth of this church. In addition, more parking space has been created for the church at the church building.

In 1946, own office bearers were confirmed and from 1953 plans were made to build their own church building. Construction started in 1958 and on 15 May 1959 the building could be put into use, after which - on 1 April 1961 - the Reformed Church of Nieuwendijk was recognised as an independent church.

Built as Reformed Church Liberated De Ark (1965, A. de Ruiter). The congregation first met at Wilhelminaplein 2. The church building was expanded in 1993. After ten years, expansion was again necessary. The church hall was doubled in size, the hall was enlarged and a consistory/meeting room was added. On 31 January 2004, the church was put back into use. (51-04)

Built as Dutch Reformed Church. Now a church of the Protestant Community of Oude Mijnstreek.

The Ark is a church building in the Slotervaart district of Amsterdam Nieuw-West . The church was built in 1960-'61 to a design by architect Piet Zanstra . The building has been on the municipal monuments list since 2008 and on the Top 100 of young monuments in Amsterdam.

Built in 1984. Modern church building without a tower.

Reformed church centre De Ark is the church building for the parishes six and seven of the Reformed Church of Ede. It was built in 1981 in the Veldhuizen district and is completely detached. On 17 December 1981, the church building was put into use in a service led by Rev. T. van 't Veld and Rev. H. Nap. The name of the church refers to Noah's ark. That is why a memorial stone has been embedded at the entrance to the church with a text that refers to this: 'Go thou and thy whole house into the ark'. For the construction of the building, a temporary church was used that could accommodate 350 people. This was a wooden building that had been purchased in Huizen in 1969. It was no longer needed there because the Reformed Zenderkerk had been completed. Volunteers from Ede demolished the building in Huizen and rebuilt it in Ede in a part of the Veldhuizen district, which was not yet built up at the time. For the establishment of parish 6 in the Veldhuizen district, parish five was divided. The emergency church was put into use in April 1969 in a service led by Rev. A. den Hartogh, the minister of parish 5 and Rev. Noordegraaf, the minister of the new parish.

On May 2, 1992, the new Reformed center, which was then named 'De Ark', was put into use.

Modern church without tower in the large western expansion district Maarssenbroek. Built in ecumenical cooperation between Protestants and Reformed. Now church of the PKN.