The French Reformed church of Maastricht, founded in 1632 following the Dutch takeover of the city, was a geographically isolated institution within the Dutch Republic. This isolation was reinforced by the city’s unique status, which allowed the public exercise of Catholicism. Within this context, and situated next to the hostile Principality of Liège, the French church had to develop survival strategies and establish relations not only with the States-General and the Walloon synod, but also with the urban authorities and the Dutch Reformed church, in order to withstand the influence of Catholicism. Yet even though Maastricht was on the confessional and military front line—a place of passage for merchants, refugees, and Catholic clergymen—the French Protestant community survived the French occupation of 1673–1678 and managed to absorb the massive influx of Huguenot refugees from 1686 onwards.

法国改革后的马斯特里赫特教堂成立于1632年，当时荷兰人接管了这座城市，是荷兰共和国内地理偏远的机构。城市的独特地位进一步加强了这种孤立，使公众可以进行天主教活动。在这种情况下，法国教会毗邻敌对的列日公国，因此必须制定生存策略并不仅要与州长和瓦隆宗教会议建立联系，而且还要与城市当局和荷兰归正教会建立关系。为了承受天主教的影响。然而，即使马斯特里赫特（Maastricht）处于the悔和军事前线，也为商人，难民，