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On 30 June 1967, the oldest member of the church council, elder David Hage, laid the foundation stone for a new church building. Construction progressed smoothly, so that the first reading service could be held on Sunday 11 February 1968. A few weeks later, a new pulpit was installed, which had been made by students of the technical school. On 7 April 1968, the pulpit was put into use. Until then, the congregation had sung during the services under the direction of a precentor. In 1973, an organ was installed in the church. The organ had been donated by the Monster family. On 30 April 1975, the organ was put into use. In 1992, the organ was thoroughly renovated and expanded by the Nijsse company.

On November 15, 1954, the Reformed Church in the Netherlands (Melissant) was instituted by Rev. Mallan. This church building from 1955 is still in use. However, the walls have been replaced by stone walls and the interior has also been renovated several times. In 2012, a renovation will take place, making the portal and toilet more accessible and, in the long term, creating more seating. The church building now has 128 seats.

Former gymnastics building. On April 23, 1993, the gymnastics building became the property of the Reformed Church in the Netherlands (Krimpen aan den IJssel) . A building committee was formed and an architect was approached to make it a worthy church building. On March 23, 1994, the first pile was driven into the ground for the major renovation. On Sunday evening, September 4, 1994, Rev. Mallan took the church building into use.

Hall church from 1953 without a tower. It was designed by AA van Ommen.

In 1954, a wooden church from Stadbroek, now a district of Sittard in Limburg, was purchased. The building was built there as a Roman Catholic emergency church in 1921. The construction in Sprang-Capelle was carried out by the construction company AJ Spuijbroek from Besoijen. The roof turret was not replaced. In 1978, a renovation followed, during which a brick outer shell was applied and a turret was placed.

Hall church without tower. It was in March 1933 that some people asked Krijn van Gorsel if they could come to the sermon reading on Sunday, which he did at home in his house. At a certain point the house became too small to accommodate the growing number of people who attended the reading services. On special days such as prayer and thanksgiving days, Van Gorsel attended the church services in the Old Reformed Church in the Netherlands in Stavenisse. There he was asked if he would possibly make himself available as a candidate for the church council. After careful consideration, Van Gorsel informed the church council that he would not withdraw if it came to that. On June 17, 1936, Van Gorsel was elected to the office of elder. He was confirmed in Stavenisse by Reverend Fraanje. Van Gorsel had asked the church council of Stavenisse if he could look for a place of opportunity to build a building so that he could then publicly perform in his hometown of Sint Maartensdijk. The brothers Marinus and Jan van Gorsel Gzn, were willing to sell land and a barn for this purpose. On the last of July 1936, the purchased was delivered. After that, the church building was allocated, on August 7, 1936, and awarded by Van Gorsel. On September 9, the first stone was laid by Van Gorsel.

Large, interesting, beautiful reconstruction church in neo-Gothic forms. Until 1953 church of the Reformed Church, then church of the Reformed Church in the Netherlands. Traditionalistic hall church with a domed turret on the roof and pointed arched windows, built in 1950 according to a design by G.J. van Beekum and expanded in 2002 with a two-aisled transverse arm. Internally pointed wooden barrel vaults.

The Reformed Church in the Netherlands (Elspeet) took this church into use on 18 September 1974. It replaced De Barak , a temporary wooden church that was built on the same spot at the Oude Hof in 1953. The new church from 1974 was expanded in 1994/1995 and put back into use on 2 March 1995. The church hall was expanded to 725 seats. At the same time, a used pipe organ was purchased, which was renovated and adapted by members of the congregation. The pulpit was also renewed that year. The design for this was made by the then building committee and was coordinated as much as possible with the front of the pipe organ. This can be seen, among other things, in the triangular extension in the middle of the pulpit. The pulpit was made by volunteers. (BS)

Colossal "Refodome", expanded in stages. Originally built as a simple hall church in 1951. On Friday 9 March 1951 the church building was put into use. The church building contained 850 seats. Was until 1956 Reformed Congregations (synodal). Since 1956 in use by Reformed Congregations in the Netherlands .

After the church council decided at the end of 1990 to buy an existing building of the Dutch Reformed Church in Hedel with 125 seats, on May 30, 1991, Rev. W. Verhoeks already presides in the Rehoboth building on Prins Bernhardstraat. In this service he administers the sacrament of Holy Baptism and takes Public Confession. In De Wachter Sions of October 31, 1991, it is reported that the congregation has moved to Prins Bernhardstraat 14