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Well-maintained modern church with roof turret. To the left of this is the older church building.

Hall church without tower. Church building with initially 157 seats. After a gallery was added in 1951, that number rose to 212. The sober brick church building was put into use in 1930 by the Reformed Church, which had been founded the year before.

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.

Nice reconstruction church with roof turret. Extension in 1982. 464 seats.

Interesting modern church with roof turret. The church was put into use on 17 May 1994. The design for the church was by construction management Lockefeer & Verhulst in Aardenburg. The church has 135 seats. Initially, the church had a Domus organ, which was replaced in 2016.

Neo-Romanesque church without a tower, but with a high roof.

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.

On 29 March 1927, the new church building on Rustenburgstraat was put into use. The number of members now increased rapidly. On 9 November 1937, the Apeldoorn congregation became independent.

Community founded around 1900, by members who withdrew from the Reformed Church. In 1903, a church building on the Noordstraat was occupied. This church building was expanded with a gallery in 1947. Because the growth of the church community continued, it was decided in 1952 to build a new building. On Friday 4 September 1953, the church building with 212 seats was put into use. Rev. W. de Wit led a special church service. He preached based on 2 Chronicles 7 verse 5b: "Thus the king and all the people have dedicated the house of God." Due to the growth in the number of tourists attending church services, the church building was expanded with a hall in 1972. 300 seats. In 1984, the organ was restored. Parts from the organ of the 'Vredekerk' in Katwijk aan Zee were used for this purpose.

The previous wooden church , built as a Christian Reformed emergency church, was destroyed by fire in 1935.