The old church was preceded by a mission church of St. Ludgerus. The present church was consecrated on June 6, 1445. Until the reformation the church building belonged to the Catholic diocese of Münster, but in 1544 the county of Bentheim joined the Lutheran doctrine under Count Arnold I. His successor Count Everwijn was religiously indifferent, but his wife Anna was a devout Protestant. After the death of Count Everwijn Anna became regent in 1562 and her son Arnold II went to the University of Strasbourg, where he came into contact with the teachings of Calvin. Probably out of respect for his Lutheran mother he waited until after her death before introducing the Calvinist doctrine in the county. In accordance with the Calvinist interpretation of the fourth commandment, after the introduction of Calvinism into the county in 1588 all images and pictures were removed from the churches and burned in Neuenhaus. Finally, in 1614, the frescoes of the apostles in the Ludgerus church were limned.[
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