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The name Bethlehem Church commemorates the old 'Bethlehem Monastery', which was founded in the Middle Ages as part of the former parish of Elkerzee. The old monastery bell, which now hangs in the tower of Bethlehem Church, is still rung daily at several prayer times (8:00, 12:00 and 18:00).

The organ was built in 1959 by the firm KB Blank & Zoon (Utrecht) for the herv. Kruiskerk in Geleen. The plan was to eventually realize a second manual, but that never happened. The keyboard does have a second manual, but it does not function. In 1992, the Blank organ was placed in Nieuwerbrug by volunteers.

Built as a Reformed Church. Since 2005 a Protestant Church. Interesting reconstruction church with bell tower.

Dutch Reformed Bethlehem Church in the Bomen- en Bloemenbuurt in The Hague, from 1931. Iconic church in the wide area, partly because of the high tower of 55 m. Extremely important work within the oeuvre of Architectenbureau Meischke & Schmidt. Large hall church with projecting front facade, apse, and tower to the side at the right rear, in the axis of the Laan van Meerdervoort., a beautiful urban development find. Built under strong influence of the Hague School, a fairly sober and businesslike variant of expressionism, visible in, among other things, the angular windows and partly exposed (concrete) construction. Internally covered by a wooden barrel vault. Part of the original interior decoration disappeared during later renovations. For example, the attention wall was renovated in the early 1970s, among other things by partially inserting a partition wall. In doing so, the location of two Royal chairs disappeared, which have been preserved and are now in the meeting room at the back. Since 1995, the church has been used as a "general, central" reformed church of the Reformed Federation modality; a very active church community within the PKN.

In the expansion district Presikhaaf. Built as Dutch Reformed church. Beautiful modern church with tower.

The Bethlen Ter Synagogue in Budapest was completed in 1931 by architects Lippòt Baumhorn and Gyórgyi Somogyi. This brick building in the Hungarian Secessionist style still serves as a synagogue.

Beverley Minster is one of the finest Gothic churches in Europe and is equal to the greatest of our cathedrals; after Westminster Abbey (the twin towers of which it may have inspired), it is regarded as the most impressive ‘non-cathedral' church in England.

The Bevis Marks Synagogue was completed and dedicated in September 1701. The interior and layout reflect the influence of the great Portuguese Synagogue of Amsterdam of 1675. A prominent feature of the synagogue is the Renaissance-style wooden ark containing the Torah scrolls located at the center of the Eastern wall of the building.

Built around 1506-1507, the "librairie" (old name) for canons, is one of the very rare examples of wooden buildings still preserved in northern France. Initially, access was from the south and the present stone gable was not built until the 17th century. At the same time, a retaining wall was built to relieve the beams of the first floor.

The synagogue in Biel was built in 1884 in the Moorish style. The synagogue was necessary for the growing Jewish community of Alsatian origin, attracted by the city's watchmaking industry. The synagogue was restored in the 1990s.