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The Lutheran community in Hoorn actually dates back to 1628. Johannes Vyand(t), a German minister who had fled, held the first meeting for the Lutheran inhabitants of the city on 1 October of that year in the bakery of a certain Gerbrand on the Hanekamsteeg. A number of times after that, a space in the Munt was also rented for this purpose. On 15 October of the same year, the community was officially founded. From that time on, a building called 'De Roosenobel' was rented near the Noorderkerk. Soon, problems arose between the minister and the elders, which led to dismissal. Vyand(t), however, continued to preach on his own initiative, and this degenerated into a schism within the young community. The newly appointed minister soon also came into conflict with the church council. In 1632, a piece of land on the Tempelsteeg was purchased for fl. 1700, and construction of a church began. When the number of members increased, this church space was expanded with galleries in 1645. Halfway through the next century, there was an urgent need for a new church building, as the old church had become very dilapidated and the number of parishioners was increasing. Insoluble conflicts between the then minister and a number of church council members and the inability to secure the finances delayed the construction of the new church for years. During the term of office of Isaac Scholten (1766-1778), the plans for the new building were however revived. Various plans had been submitted regarding the architecture. Ultimately, the design by Jacob Hart dating from 1761 was chosen. The work was accepted on 1 April 1768 for fl. 20,300. The old church was demolished. On 2 July 1769, the new church at the Ramen could be consecrated. The three-aisled hall church with galleries above the side aisles is built of brick, while sandstone was used for the entrance and the frame of the central window above the entrance. On both sides of the facade are brick block pilasters. From these points the walls recede in a concave manner, while the central section projects forward. In this central risalit is the natural stone entrance with rococo crowning in which the inscription: "how lovely / are / Your dwellings, LORD Zebaoth! Psalm 84:2". The wooden barrel vault is decorated internally with carved rocailles in two shades of blue, with rosettes inside. Restorations of the church took place successively in 1825, in 1850, in the years 1922-1923, 1962-1964 and finally in the period 1994-1995. In the 1922-1923, due to the decline in the number of parishioners, the church space on the east side was shortened and the freed-up space was used for a new consistory room and meeting room. The rectory dating from 1773 was also sold at that time, as was the sexton's house with a swan in the fanlight of the front door, which was built at the same time as the church.

The Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Anne is the oldest church in Liepaja. The building dates back to 1587 and the tower was built between 1688 and 1693. The building and the towers were rebuilt in the second half of the 19th century. The church organ, built in 1913, is the third largest in Latvia.

The Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Nicholas is named after Nicholas I following a donation from the Emperor to build the church between 1834 and 1835. The church remained intact during the two World Wars, but was restored at the beginning of the 21st century.

The Evangelical Methodist Church in Shumen is a testimony to the arrival of the first Methodist missionaries in Bulgaria in 1857. After the fall of communism, only three churches survived, one of which is located near Oborishte Square.

This church is listed as a National Monument of the Netherlands.

The church building of the Evangelical Lutheran community in Leeuwarden was built in 1774 to a design by the Roman Catholic city architect Van Nooteboom (1733 - 1812), with financial support from mainly the community of Amsterdam. The memorial stone in the front facade is a reminder of this. The simple building, a hall church with galleries, replaces an older church from 1681, financed by Andreas Moeller, whose funeral plaque still hangs in the church. The church was restored in 1994.

At the end of December 1901, the Evangelical Lutheran community of Naarden-Bussum was founded, at that time still part of the main community of Weesp. Previously, since 1640-1645, a Lutheran community had existed in Naarden, which, however, went out of business during the nineteenth century. In 1912, the newly founded community became independent. Initially, they had worshipped in the Concordia building in Bussum. However, they wanted their own church building at a central location between Naarden and Bussum, and so a piece of land was purchased, located between the Mecklenburglaan and the Brinklaan. A new church was built on this in 1903, designed by architect Nierop from Maartensdijk. The contractor was Mr. Jurriaan from Naarden. The building was consecrated on 12 April 1903. The church was in its original form a cruciform church in Gothic style with an apse on the Brinklaan side, a roof turret at the crossing and a vaulted ceiling inside. The building blended harmoniously into the surrounding residential area.

Originally this was a chapel of the Blindeliedengasthuis, which was demolished in 1629. The Lutheran Community, founded in Dordrecht in 1618, was offered the church building by the community in 1689. The simple, late Gothic chapel had been used in the intervening years as a city coffin house and for storing peat. In the seventeenth century, the front and side facades of this national monument were provided with a layer of plaster, which was partly removed during the restoration of 1963. The Wolfferts organ from 1779, with parts from 1733, has two keyboards. The pulpit is in Louis XVI style.

The church was built in 1960-1961 to a design by architect FH Meijer.

New neoclassical facade and demolition of tower in 1837.