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Reformed Church. Late Gothic village church with a single-nave, three-sided closed choir from the first half of the 15th century, covered by a barrel vault, the wall posts of which rest on sculpted corbels. Three-nave, covered by cross-ribbed vaults with sculpted corbels, pseudo-basilica nave, second half of the 15th century, on pillars. Three-sided closed, extended chapel on the east side of the southern aisle. The aisles are extended on either side of the tower. The church was clad externally in the 19th century. The inventory includes a baptismal fence, 17th century, a lectern on the pulpit, 17th century, a copper baptismal font holder, circa 1700, two psalm boards, 17th century. Late Gothic copper crown. On a gallery with Tuscan columns an organ with main work and upper work, made in 1842 by CFA Naber. In 1986 restored by the Pels and Van Leeuwen companies.

Dutch Reformed cruciform church, Gothic building with tower from the first half of the 14th century and nave and choir from the second half of the 14th century. The interior contains a Strumpfler organ from the 18th century. The church also contains the coat of arms of the shooting guild and a funeral board of the Lords of Brederode. The church contains gravestones from the 17th and 18th centuries.

Reformed church. 19th century hall building with mansard roof. Inventory. Single manual organ. made in 1879 by HG Holtgrave.

Historic church with tower. Restoration 2008. The reformed community of the small village of Dorkwerd is part of the Protestant Church in the Netherlands (PKN).

Beautiful modern church. The first members of Spijkenisse initially attended church in the Reformed Church in Poortugaal. On 1 January 1961, the first Sunday church service was held in Spijkenisse, in the Kontakt association building on Vredehofstraat. After first being a department of the church in Poortugaal, the church was established as an independent church on 21 March 1963. In 1967, the church community decided to build a church building. This church building was put into use on 22 February 1968, with 160 seats. In 1974, the number of seats was expanded to 280.

Dutch Reformed Church. Hall church from 1852 with built-in tower, provided with a wooden crowning. Carved pulpit with, among other things, a representation of Moses, Aaron and the evangelists, the whole above a pelican with young, mid 17th century. Two lecterns (17th century and 18th century) and a baptismal font holder (17th century) made of copper. Two wall plaques with the names of the ministers; 1766 and 1795. Bell tower with bell by A. Koster, 1639, diam. 113.7 cm. Mechanical tower clock by Eijsbouts, 1919.

Built as a Reformed Church (Liberated) in the IJsselmonde district. Now in use (since when?) by Jehovah's Witnesses. Between 2014 and 2019, the Jehovah's Witnesses left this building. Today, the building is used as a mosque.

Single-nave, straight-closed church with round-arched windows, 18th century, with remains of a medieval church in tufa stone in the western half; flat tower from the 14th century in brick. Oak pulpit and pew from the 18th century; funeral board from 1764 for Sophia Amalia Maria van Gent, lady of Heesbeen sculpted gravestone for Willem Torck, lord of Heesbeen (died 1557) and his wife Bartha Pieck. The front of an organ by C. van Oeckelen from 1823. The instrument is no longer present. Around the churchyard a brick wall with a gatehouse on the north side, with a saddle roof between gables. Bell frame with chime consisting of a bell by J. van Haer, 1393, diam. 90 cm. and a bell by an anonymous founder, 1393, diam. 85 cm.

This church building of the Reformed Church in Aalst dates from 1974, although it was expanded in 1985.

According to the church yearbook, the congregation of Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel was founded on 28 June 1925. But it had already been happening for several years that the church council of Moerkapelle had been holding services in Nieuwerkerk. The reason is that there were a few in Nieuwerkerk and Ouderkerk aan den IJssel who wanted to join the old truth, but for whom the distance was too great to join Gouda, Moerkapelle, Rotterdam or Berkenwoude. There was also no Reformed Congregation in Capelle. The first service was held on Ascension Day 1919. At first, elders from Moerkapelle came to read, while Rev. Overduin catechised. But in 1920, an elder and a deacon were confirmed for the Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel branch. On 28 June 1925, the Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel branch became independent. Initially, church was held in a cleaned-up carriage factory. But in 1927 a piece of land could be bought for f. 250,-. The church was built on it, where the congregation still meets today. The total construction costs amounted to f. 8,000,-. The location was chosen between Nieuwerkerk and Ouderkerk, because in those early days a relatively large number of members came from Ouderkerk. The church still stands in a quiet place outside the village centre. In the thirties the church council was in dire straits. In order to build the church the congregation had had to borrow a lot of money, in the form of bonds. The church council was therefore no longer able to repay, and even saw no chance to pay interest for a year. On the advice of Rev. A. van Stuijvenberg, the consultant at the time, a seat fee was introduced: f. 2.50 per year. Nevertheless, the first 25 years of the congregation's existence were a time of steady growth. In 1925 it started with 28 professing members and 36 baptized members, together 64; in 1949 there were 203. Then a slow decline followed, so that in 1983 the congregation had dropped to 148 professing members and baptized members. Since then the number of members has been rising again, so that the latest yearbook mentions 89 professing members and 101 baptized members.