The church was built in 1858 as the Roman Catholic St. Willibrorduskerk designed by the architect Theo Molkenboer.
The original St. Willibrorduskerk was itself a replacement for the century-old hidden church called "Het Vrededuifje" which had stood on the "Kerkstraat".
De Duif is built in the neo classicist style and has a Neo-baroque front.
This organ was the largest built north of the big Dutch rivers and was taken into service on 25 September 2006, after a restoration.
Since 1974 the church is the seat of the "Oecumenische Basisgemeente De Duif" which has its Sunday meetings here.