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The Mennonite Church of Makkum is a monumental church building in Makkum.

Bovenknijpe. The current church building was built on the site of a church building from 1751. The church was built as a meeting house. In 1856 the front facade was completely renovated. The original interior with pews and chairs is still present in the church

The Bolsward clandestine church is located behind the building line of the buildings in the street. Built in 1809 and expanded and embellished from 1848 to 1855. Framed entrance (all mid-19th century). With a roof turret.

Neo-church without tower. New front facade in 1950.

In 1895 Bakker & Timmenga built a new organ for the Mennonite Church in Veenwouden. The same firm restored the work in 1981. In June 1981 the organ could be put back into use.

The foundation stone for the Mennonite meeting house was laid on 29 April 1767 by two-year-old Wyger Martens. Renovations took place in 1858 and 1910. In 1974-1975, another renovation took place, during which the pews were replaced by chairs and the pulpit was replaced by a smaller and heavier one. The interior was renovated in 2008. The colour blue now predominates. There is a wooden floor and the organ has been painted completely white. The re-opening took place on 20 September 2008. (61-09)

Extension in 1853 and 1932. Renovated in 1963.

Mennonite Church. Neoclassical hall church, built in 1842 to plans by PJ Rollema. Front facade with an entrance with round arch windows, four Doric pilasters, a Doric frieze and a triangular gable field. The windows in the side facades have, remarkably enough, the pointed arch shape. The interior has a semicircular closure and shows a wall treatment formed by Corinthian pilasters. These carry a cornice that forms the transition to the flat ceiling. Pulpit in neo-Gothic shapes. Organ with main work and upper work, made in 1847 by JC Scheuer. Scheuer used the wind chest and pipework of the old organ, which was made in 1786 by A. van Gruisen.

Hall church without tower.

Mennonite Church. Simple three-sided closed hall church with a tower above the front facade, built in 1863. The church contains a cabinet organ built by D. Onderhorst (Amsterdam) around 1860 with pipes and a wind chest by J. Duyschot from around 1700. The organ was previously in Huizinge and was placed in this church in 1863. This church is listed as a National Monument of the Netherlands.