A house church is a small Christian community meeting in a home setting. The term describes a way of gathering, rather than a single denomination. A home Bible study or shared household is not automatically an independent church.
Reviewed starting points
These communities and networks describe house churches on their own websites. A network may include several local groups. Starting initiatives are labelled as such; their presence does not establish an active local group.
Doorn
Elim
A living community and multicultural house church. Ask specifically about visiting a gathering: communal housing is not the same as an open meeting.
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Utrecht
Huiskerk Leidsche Rijn
A community identifying itself as a house church in Leidsche Rijn. Arrange a first visit and confirm the current meeting place through its own website.
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The Hague
Christian Fellowship The Hague
Its English-language website describes an informal house church in The Hague with Christians from different backgrounds. It discusses Sunday fellowship; this selection does not publish an independently verified timetable.
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Network
Heart2Heart Church
The network describes house churches and calls its meetings Presence Gatherings. One network link does not verify every local group named in an external directory; ask which community is currently active near you.
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Network
House of Miracles
The organisation distinguishes small home gatherings from larger family meetings. A Sunday meeting venue should not be assumed to be the address of a weekday house church.
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Assen
Ecclesia Assen
Ecclesia Assen organises small house communities within a larger congregation. Its explanation includes Bible reading, prayer, shared meals and mutual care. Ask which group is currently open to visitors.
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Starting initiative / network
Love in Christ
An initiative for starting, supporting and joining house churches. Its page offers an enquiry form rather than a verified list of active local groups or visiting times. Confirm that a suitable group is actually available before planning a visit.
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Emmen
Ecclesia Emmen
The Emmen website describes home gatherings and mutual care within its congregation. Although the explanation resembles that of Ecclesia Assen, Emmen has its own website and local community. This is one organisational link, not a list of private meeting addresses.
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Network
AVIV
AVIV describes itself as a movement of house churches whose local groups shape their own meetings within a shared vision. Network activities should not be confused with the regular gathering of every affiliated group.
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Heemstede
Father’s House Movement — Heemstede
The movement explicitly calls its Heemstede gathering a house church and provides visitor information for that location. Check the current programme there; this entry does not classify every other location of the movement as a house church.
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De Bult
B’ulah-hoeve
A Christian house community based at the B’ulah-hoeve in De Bult. Its own website describes worship, fellowship and community activities. The name does not imply a private living-room venue; check how to join each activity.
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Maastricht
NextGen Church
NextGen describes itself as a growing international house church in Maastricht while also listing chapel gatherings. Its example illustrates why a community’s house-church identity should be distinguished from the building used for a particular meeting.
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Utrecht
Waalse huisgemeente Utrecht
The French-speaking community says it continues as a house community following dissolution of the former Walloon congregation. This is continuity in a Protestant setting, not automatically a newly formed independent living-room church. We retain the existing Utrecht community profile.
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Alkmaar
Evangelisch-Lutherse huisgemeente Alkmaar
The welcome page identifies the Lutheran community in Alkmaar as a house community focused on worship, learning and service. Check its current calendar: a historical final service in a building does not by itself establish that all community activities have ended.
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Hoogeveen
Huisgemeente De Schoof
De Schoof identifies itself as a house community in Hoogeveen. Its website explains the community’s beliefs and teaching. Ask the community directly for the practical arrangements for a first visit.
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House community can also be a formal arrangement within an existing denomination. Such a community may use a church building. We distinguish local house churches, networks, starting initiatives and communities within a denomination.
Planning a first visit
Read how the community describes its faith and meetings. Check whether visitors are welcome, where the next gathering takes place and which language is actually spoken. A residential map marker does not establish public access. We do not reproduce hosts’ names, private addresses or precise residential map coordinates.
Ask about the format, children, the length of a meeting and any access needs. Informal gatherings vary. Their size alone tells you nothing certain about leadership, safeguarding, age restrictions or theological beliefs. Confirm details with the particular group rather than relying on a general description of its network.
Checking directories and existing profiles
Huiskerken.nl and Elim’s directory helped us discover candidates. Elim also lists residential communities and neighbourhood churches. Some links are old or unavailable, so inclusion in that list does not establish a currently active house church. We check the organisation’s own public information before including a link here.
The Crossroads Amsterdam link in Elim’s list already matches our profile for Crossroads International Church Amstelveen – XRDS. We keep that existing profile and its Amstelveen locality. An Amsterdam heading in another directory does not by itself identify a second community, nor justify reclassifying the existing church as a house church.
Common questions
Is this a denomination?
No. House churches may be independent or part of a network. Their gathering format does not establish a formal affiliation.
Can I arrive without arranging a visit?
Do not assume so. Ask the community about current visitor arrangements and the appropriate meeting place.
Does this page list every house church?
No. This is a limited reviewed selection. Unverified or unavailable references have not been presented as active house churches.
Sources and editorial review
Written independently by the Churches in the Netherlands editorial team. This is not a visit report, ranking or accreditation. Sources reviewed on 10 November 2026.