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Modern church with small tower. Renovation and extension with meeting room in 1983. New liturgical centre in 1995.

The Reformed Church of Oud-Vossemeer was established as the "Reformed congregation under the cross" on April 24, 1836. The name of the church was changed twice, namely in 1869 to the Christian Reformed Church and in 1892 to the Reformed Church of Oud-Vossemeer. In the more than 150 years of its existence, the congregation has had three buildings at its disposal. Since July 1851, people met in the "building for religions" and on July 10, 1871, a church building with a parsonage on the Achterweg, the current Hofstraat, was put into use. The church building was demolished in 1975 and on January 24, 1976, the current church building was put into use. The construction was partly made possible by the efforts of dozens of volunteers from the congregation. The first service was held on Christmas Day 1975.

Reconstruction church with roof turret.

Hall church with roof turret. Damaged by war in 1944. This damage has been repaired.

The church replaced a small church from the 19th century. Modern church with interesting triangular tower..

This church stands on a site where a small church was built in 1832. A completely new church was built on the same site in 1972.

The current building of the Reformed Church in Sliedrecht was built in 1931 and was put into use on 6 January 1932. The organ from the old church building was moved. This organ dated from around 1890. It was delivered in October 1890 by the Van den Bijlaardt company. It would not have been a new organ, but an old instrument, originating from a monastery chapel. When Valckx & Van Kouteren moved it to the new church, it was placed behind a new front, which was designed by the architect of the church building, Mr. Lengkeek. They also placed an independent pedal with two registers (Subbas 16' and Octaafbas 8'). The organ was put into use at the same time as the church. The in-house organist CA van Wijngaarden played it on this occasion. Mr. B. Meijer from Sliedrecht was the advisor for the move and renovation. In 1950, Willem van Leeuwen built a new organ. During the construction he used pipes from the previous organ. The front was also taken over. The organ was restored in 1991.

Interesting interbellum church with tower. Right next to the earlier small church, which is still there.

Built on the site of the Opperdoes, which was demolished in 1939, Noorderpad 21 - Reformed Church (1883-1939) from 1883.

Interesting neo-church with tower. This church, built in 1903, was expanded in the 1930s and 1979. The renovation of the interior was completed in February 2003. (52-04)