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After the Secession of 1834, there were also people in Rilland who no longer wished to remain members of the Dutch Reformed Church. They then held meetings in various places. Around 1865, the congregation in Rilland was instituted. After meeting in homes and farms for many years, the congregation acquired its own building in 1875. It was a former school building on the corner of Adriaan Butijnweg and Valckenisseweg. After the congregation grew and no expansion was possible, a piece of land was purchased in 1889 at Zandbaan (the current Swaanhilstraat) to build a new church building there. In 1928, the church building was expanded with a consistory room. In 1952, a gallery was added to the church building. In 1957, the front facade of the church building was renovated. In 1965, new pews were installed in the church building, while in 1969 the pulpit and lectern were renovated.

Church built in 1959 and expanded for the last time in 2000. n 1974 the organ was replaced by a Johannus organ

Nice reconstruction church with roof turret. The stained glass windows (glass artist Wim Korteweg, Dordrecht) are left and right in the front of the church.

At the beginning of the twentieth century, several people from Elspeet and the surrounding area left the Dutch Reformed Church. In 1914, these people formed a branch of the Reformed Church in Barneveld. On 10 September 1919, this branch became independent. In the same year, a simple church was put into use on the Nachtegaalweg. In 1938, a new church building was built on the same site. Due to the growth of the community and the many holidaymakers in the summer months, the number of seats was significantly expanded in both 1976 and 1993.

Congregation founded in 1945. Church building put into use on 21 December 1955 to replace a previous church building (barn). The number of seats at the time of putting into use was around 130. The church hall was renovated in 2023. In 1972 a new organ was put into use, built by the firm Blank & Zoon in Herwijnen.

Community that emerged around 1932 from the Old Reformed Community of Rev. L. Boone. After initially meeting in a home, church services were soon moved to café De Kroon in the Voorstraat. In 1939, it was decided to build a new church building in the Voorstraat on the site of two homes. The church building was already put into use on 7 July 1939. The number of seats was then 134.

Church reconstructed in 1968.

Hall church without tower. In 1952 the church building was put into use with 120 seats. After the flood disaster of 1953 the church building was restored, among other things new pews were added and the church building was painted. Expansion in 1990 with a meeting room.

After the establishment of the Reformed Church on 07.11.1913, a separate church was put into use on 14 April 1914 at the Torendijk. The church soon became too small and on 22 July 1927 a new church with 265 seats was put into use on the same spot. This church was seriously damaged during the Flood of 1953, but was restored in 1954.