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On July 3, 1919, the foundation stone of this church building was laid by Rev. D. Driessen. The day of commissioning was set for December 18, 1919. Hall church without tower in neo-Gothic forms.

Modern church without tower. Various later modernizations.

Modern rectangular church with detached tower. Built as a Reformed church.

Modern church without tower. Built Reformed Church (Liberated), first in Bolnes and Ridderkerk, extension 1987 and 1995. Since 2004 temporarily co-used by the Restored Reformed Church, which later had its own church building built in Ridderkerk.

Second Dutch Reformed Church in South Rotterdam (after the Wilhelmina Church). Architecturally and urbanistically very important, beautiful interbellum church with a defining tower, still in full use as a church. The Maranatha Church congregation still calls itself the "Reformed Church" and is of the Reformed Bond signature. Since the demolition wave of the 1970s, the tower of the Maranatha Church has been the highest church tower in South Rotterdam.

Out of use 1863, demolition for new construction.

The current Reformed Maranatha Church (1971) at Peursumseweg 15 was built behind the previous Maranatha Church (built in 1913). When the current church was put into use, the demolition of the old church began. The first Maranatha Church from 1913 was built following the merger of two congregations: the Reformed Church of Giessen-Nieuwkerk and the Reformed Church of Giessen-Oudekerk. In 1913, the name of the church community became: Reformed Church Giessen-Nieuwkerk and Giessen-Oudekerk. Since 1957, the name has been Reformed Church Giessenburg (due to the merger of three civil municipalities). The Reformed Churches of Giessen-Nieuwkerk and Giessen-Oudekerk both have separate histories:

Well-maintained "redome" with small tower.

Extremely interesting, relatively large, reconstruction church with an important freestanding tower. Built as the Reformed Western Church, replacing an earlier building with the same name in the Eindhoven-Strijp district, on the Koenraadlaan. Shortly after it was put into use, in 1956, due to the construction of the 3rd Reformed Petra Church in Eindhoven-Stratum, it was renamed the Maranatha Church, at the same time as the older Reformed "Ooster Church" on the Fazantlaan, architect Tj. Kuipers, was renamed the Immanuël Church. In 1974 (in the context of ecumenical cooperation Samen op Weg) it was also used as the Dutch Reformed Church, after the demolition of the Dutch Reformed Schootse Church in the same Strijp district (this important Schootse Church was subsequently put into use, and is still in use, as a Christian Reformed Church). This Maranatha Church was decommissioned as the Dutch Reformed and Reformed Church in 1995; sold that year to, and since then in use by, the Pentecostal Church of Eindhoven, with the name "Maranatha Church" unchanged.

Important modern church with detached tower. This building was built in 1962 as the third church building of the Reformed Church in Maassluis. Due to declining membership, the building is now used by the Evangelical Community 'Maranatha'. (This community may have been called 'De Kandelaar' for some time).