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From 1903 onwards, several brothers met in the winter to study the Bible. In the summer of 1905, these brothers and a sister started studying the Bible together on Sundays in a living room in Katwijk. Early in 1906, they started celebrating the Lord's Supper on Sunday mornings (breaking the bread and drinking the wine). During this time, the brothers and sisters from Katwijk came into contact with brothers and sisters from the surrounding area (including from Bodegraven, Zwammerdam, Leiden and The Hague). Together they came to the conclusion that they wanted to be baptized. They were then baptized in the Uitwatering. Because more brothers and sisters were present at the meetings, the services were moved to the smousenbakkerij (on the corner of Stationsstraat and Voorstraat in Katwijk). In this room, several brothers held Bible readings. The Lord blessed this richly.

Christian Reformed Church. Out of use in 1993 due to another church building and then in use by the Assembly of Believers. The Assembly of Believers moved to Molenstraat 93 in Den Helder in 2012.

In the Red Cross building.

Simple but monumental hall church behind a mansion. Sometimes nicknamed "Darbi Church", but the members call it "The Local" or "The Meeting".

Built as a Baptist church. Replaced a small church from 1918 that was destroyed during the war.

The cemetery was established in the early 19th century. The cemetery was once restored. All the tombstones dates to the pre-war period.

The period of the cemetery’s establishment is unknown. First, it appears on a cadastral map of 1864, but the earliest preserved gravestone relates to the second half of the 19th century.

The Verlosserkerk was built to a design by architect Ferdinand B. Jantzen and inaugurated in 1955.

This Vermaning is the oldest Mennonite church on Ameland. It is still the old Vermaning of the Waterland congregation in Nes. After the general reunification in 1854, the Jan Jacobskerk was demolished the following year. This church dated from 1650. The church of the Foppe Onesvolk had already suffered a similar fate in 1804-1805. In Nes, there were three Mennonite congregations until 1804!

According to the facade stone, the church dates from 1861. The small windows in the front facade have wrought iron grilles from the 1950s. The church is separated from the street by a front garden with a wrought iron fence as a boundary.