Ontmoetingskerk
Kamerik, NL
Reconstruction church without tower. Expansion.
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Kamerik, NL
Reconstruction church without tower. Expansion.
Krimpen aan de Lek, NL
Built as a Reformed Church. Interesting modern church with freestanding metal bell tower.
Haamstede, NL
Nice modern church with tower. Replaced an earlier church building on Noorderstraat.
Dieren, NL
Large modern church with high tower. Built as the 2nd Dutch Reformed Church in Dieren, after the Village Church. Expansion 2004. Since the decommissioning of the Village Church in the centre of Dieren in 2003, this has been the central church of the Protestant Community of Dieren. Major renovation in 2006. The floor was renewed and the pews were replaced by chairs.
Enkhuizen, NL
Built as a Reformed Church. Replaced an earlier church on Peperstraat that had become too small. Cross-shaped church building in neo-Romanesque shapes, with two (different sized) towers on either side of the front facade. Renovated by adding a floor in 1982. The church hall has been located on the built-in floor ever since. As of 1 January 2012, sold by the PKN Enkhuizen to, and in use by, the Reformed Church, with the name still "Ontmoetingskerk". Until 1 April 2012, still in joint use by the PKN, which held its last service in this church on 1 April 2012. Since then, the Reformed have worshipped in the Zuiderkerk. The former church building of the Reformed Church Enkhuizen, Van Bleiswijkstraat 4 - CGKV Levend Water had become too small
Hattem, NL
Modern church with small tower.
Melissant, NL
On 27 April 1904, the Reformed Church Melissant-Dirksland-Herkingen was instituted as a church community. This was commemorated in the autumn of 2004. At that time, the church in Melissant was given a name: Ontmoetingskerk. An anniversary booklet about the recently restored church in Melissant was also published.
Gorinchem, NL
New church of the Free Evangelical Community, put into use on March 8, 2015. The design of the new church is by Bureau Architraaf.
Beetsterzwaag, NL
Modern church with tower. Built as a Reformed Church.
Alblasserdam, NL
The Ontmoetingskerk (Meeting Church) is a modern church building erected in 1995. It belongs to the Protestant Church in the Netherlands (PKN).
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