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The Saint-John-Evangelist church in Tervuren has a long and interesting history. Throughout the centuries, many things have changed and different building styles can still be found. The oldest remaining part of the church is the Romanesque tower, which dates from the 13th century. The west façade is Classical and dates from 1779. The rest of the building was built in the Gothic style. Originally there were three tombs of important Brabant dukes, but these were destroyed during the iconoclastic period in the 16th century. A unique feature can be found right outside the north side of the church. In 1897, there was a World Fair and a total of 267 Congolese were brought to Tervuren to live in ‘traditional villages’. This exposition was an attempt of King Leopold II to justify colonialism in his ‘Belgian Congo’. Seven of the transferred Congolese did not survive the summer and were buried next to the church.

St John the Evangeslist's church is located in Piddinghoe, a village in Sussex on the River Ouse and about a mile north of Newhaven.

St John's Cathedral is Limerick's Catholic cathedral, built in 1861 and designed by architect Philip Charles Hardwick. The building has the tallest tower in Ireland, at 94m. The chapel it replaced was founded in 1753.

St John's Church is located on the northern outskirts of Aylmerton, a village about 5 miles south of both Cromer and Sheringham.

St John the Baptist’s is a redundant church in Hellington, a Norfolk village close to the A146 Beccles to Norwich road. It is signposted from the road, and in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.

St John the Baptist's church is located in Lound, a village in Suffolk about 4 miles south-west of Gorleston.

Originally there was only a chapel on the site, which got converted into a parish church halfway the 13th century. In the course of the 15th century, the church was enlarged to a full-fledged Gothic church. The building was gravely damaged after the explosion of Zandpoort in 1546 and by the Geuzen during the 16th century. After this, the church was used as military base and stable over a period of five years. It was rededicated in 1585. In 1645, the church was incorporated into the nearby Orators’ Monastery, which from then on provided the parish services. The building was sold in 1799, but returned to service in 1803 and got restored in 1890.

St John the Baptist church is located in Onehouse, a village in Suffolk about 3 miles north-west of Stowmarket.

St Josef-Kirche is located in Kierspe, a town in the “Märkische Kreis” in Nordrhein-Westfalen.

The church was built to the designs of Edwin Lutyens (1869-1944) widely acknowledged to be the greatest English architect of the 20th century. The church was consecrated on 7 May 1911. The interior of the church is extensively decorated with murals by Walter Starmer (1877-1961).