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Built as a Reformed church. Interesting modern church with tower.

A GKV church was built in 1963 on Burgemeester Vening Meineszstraat in Amsterdam . This church was later sold to the Salvation Army. The church still belongs to the Salvation Army. The organ built by the Reil company in 1965 was still in the church, even though it was no longer in use. In 2007, the organ was sold to the Kruiskerk in Haulerwijk, where it was officially put into use on 9 November 2007. The Reil organ replaces a smaller instrument by Pels from 1967 in Haulerwijk, which was sold to a private individual in Belgium (60-08)

Roman Catholic church, now Protestant, after 1 May SOW. Plan: rectangle with canopy and lower day chapel. Roof: flat and a sloping roof with clerestory. Tower: freestanding, concrete, with bells. Materials used: concrete, brick, wood.

Dutch Reformed Church, called Kruiskerk, with attached consistory and youth building, built in 1957-1963 by order of the Church Council of the Dutch Reformed Community of Klazienaveen to a design by the Amsterdam architect H. Knijtijzer. The church's bell tower is situated in a defining position in the axis of the Van Echtenstraat. In 1955 Knijtijzer had designed the Dutch Reformed school and in 1957 the youth building. In 1959 Knijtijzer complemented the composition of school, youth building with the church. In 1966 the school had plans to expand. However, the school board found it unnecessary to bring in an architect from Amsterdam for a small expansion and asked the local architect J. van de Heiden. Knijtijzer did not agree with the design.

Until 1965, this church was simply called "Gereformeerde Kerk". A second Reformed church was named "Laanstraatkerk"; it was demolished in 1962. After the Opstandingskerk was put into use, early 1965, this older church was named "Kruiskerk". In 1965-1966, an internal renovation took place that was not very successful, including new pews and a new pulpit under the organ. Due to the demolition of the Opstandingskerk in 1995, the name of this older church was changed again to "Paaskerk". The symbolism in terms of naming over time is clear and logical. In 1995-1996, a more rigorous refurbishment and modernisation of the interior took place again, in which the visual axis on the liturgical centre was turned 180 degrees, so with the (maintained, good) organ at the back. The exterior of this church, in which the extension from 1904 can be reasonably distinguished, has remained almost completely intact and very interesting despite the various internal renovations.

Important modern church building with tower from 1958 in the Malburgen district in Arnhem-Zuid. Built as Dutch Reformed Cross Church. The interior was renovated in 2017, when the pulpit was removed.

Reformed Church and Tower, situated on a churchyard. The building, founded as a parish church, developed in the 13th century under the Canons Regular into a three-aisled church with a vaulted stone choir with clear features of the Romanesque-Gothic style. The tower of tuff stone was preserved from the oldest church, later raised in brick, as well as part of the west walls. The side aisles were removed after the Reformation, but were mainly rebuilt for static reasons during the restoration around 1958. The church has a carved pulpit with backsplash and sounding board, and parts of ten family pews processed into two gentlemen's pews. Fragments of vault painting. Bell tower with bell by J. Balthasar, 1662, diam. 119.5 cm. Mechanical wrought iron tower clock.

Modern church with an interesting roof turret, which comes from the earlier, demolished Reformed Church.

Built as a church of the Free Evangelical Church in 1936. As such it fell out of use in 1976 and was taken over by the Baptist Church.

Built as a Reformed Church. Characteristic church building with crossing tower. In 1945 Reformed Church Liberated. Renovated in 1985. Restored and refurbished and put back into use on Saturday 30 September 2006. (57-07) After merger in 2023 NGK