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Built as a church of the Dutch Protestant Association, with the name Pinksterkerk.

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)

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

Founded in 1919; last renovation 1998.

Modern church with tower. Built as a Reformed Church.

Built as a Reformed Church. Three-aisled pseudo-basilica with tower from 1870. The exterior shows a very eclectic round arch style with remarkably shaped buttresses. The interior, however, is still quite pronounced neoclassical in character with its heavy columns and stucco barrel vault. Galleries have been installed in the side aisles. Little remains of the original interior. Organ from 1873 by P. Flaes, extended in 1986 by Scheuerman & Zoon (Rotterdam) with a free pedal.

Modern church centre with small bell tower. Built as a Reformed Church.

Modern church without tower.

On 1 January 2012, the Protestant Community of Bodegraven was created by the unification of the Reformed district communities 1, 2 and 3, the Reformed Church and the Evangelical Lutheran Community. The Emmaus District Community was also created. The originally Reformed church building, which is currently used by Emmaus, has been given a new name by the association: Ontmoetingskerk.

The Reformed Church in Nieuw-Lekkerland is the biggest and oldest church in the town. It was built in 1848, but historians are sure that there has been another church before. The architect of the current church was D. Slingerland.