Reconstructed Walloon church in New Paltz, New York, in what was once New Netherland.

A Walloon church (French: Église Wallonne; Dutch: Waalse kerk) is a Christian denomination founded in the Netherlands.

It was created in 16th century in the Netherlands and its former colonies whose members originally came from the Southern Netherlands (what is now Belgium) and northern France and whose native language is French. Members of these churches belong to the Walloon Reformed Church (French: Réformé wallon; Dutch: Waals Hervormd or, prior to 1815, Waals Gereformeerd), a denomination of the long-distinguished Dutch-speaking Dutch Reformed Church.

Many refugee Huguenots, in their exile, joined already existing Walloon churches — having in common the French language, Calvinism, and flight from persecution in a roughly common geography, being common factors to both Huguenot and Walloon refugee communities.

By the time of the French Revolution, the church had 43 congregations in the Netherlands; numbers declined and by 2023 there were 12 congregations in total.

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