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Dutch Reformed Church. Simple hall church from around 1800. Enlarged in 1860 with north arm and tower. In the windows four stained glass windows by Ype Staak, 1788. Single manual organ, made in 1881 by L. van Dam and Sons. Bell tower with clock by J. Noteman, 1638, diam. 66.5 cm. Mechanical tower clock by JV de Vries, Drogeham, 1913.

Monumental historical village church with tower. Tower 12th century.

Reformed church. Elongated octagonal hall building from 1812, with blocked pilasters, pointed arch windows and roof turret. 17th century oak pulpit, organ from the first half of the 19th century, gravestones from 1820-1845.

The church was originally dedicated to Saint Nicholas. Excavations have shown that there was a church before this church, probably more than one, because in addition to monastery bricks, a tufa stone called âlde Friezen was also found in the churchyard. These stones were used in church construction around 1100. There was a fire in the church in January 1970. An overheated stove in the middle of the church caused the roof to catch fire. This resulted in a large hole in the roof. The damage was then repaired using panelling and carpeting. This disrupted the acoustics in the church. During the extensive renovation of 2006/2007, some things were restored. The church is used by the Protestant Community of Tjerkgaast, Idskenhuizen and Sint Nicolaasga.

Reformed Church. Brick hall church from 1805 with a largely built-in tower, on which a wooden octagon with a spire. The church, covered by a wooden barrel vault, has pointed arch windows, separated by lesenes. Restored. The inventory includes a pulpit and two gentlemen's pews from the time the church was built, an organ case with statues from 1866, a large and four small copper crowns, probably 18th century; a psalm board from the time the church was built and several gravestones, 17th century.

Simple church building with a heavy tower from the 13th century, during a major renovation of the church, bricked up with clinkers. The church has a 17th century pulpit. Oak pulpit from the 17th century. Single manual organ, made in 1861 by W. Hardorff. Mechanical tower clock G. de Looze, Leeuwarden, 1894. Churchyard.

Single-nave, predominantly yellow brick (various sizes), slate-roofed CHURCH BUILDING with semi-circular closed choir and unarticulated saddle roof tower. The 12th-century Romanesque tower was raised in the 13th century during the construction of the Romanesque church. The top of the tower was renewed, possibly in the 18th century. Deep-set round-arched and pointed-arched windows with glazing bars. Access on the south side under a pointed arch. The nave is covered by a wooden barrel vault, possibly from after a fire in 1524. The inventory includes a pulpit from 1633, a baptismal fence and several pews with balls on the corners and cheeks with heads in early Renaissance style (ca. 1560). Furthermore, some tombstones and a funeral board. In the tower a belfry with a bell by W. Wegewaert, 1603, diameter 81 cm.

Dutch Reformed Church. From the late Gothic village church, the following were preserved during the construction of the neo-Gothic church in 1892: the foundations on which the new church was built, and the columns with capitals, provided with some curly cabbage leaf wreaths, as well as the arches of the nave. Two-manual organ, made in 1830 by H. Knipscheer. Bell frame with bell by G. van Hyntym from 1434, diam. 118 cm.

A small Romanesque church, largely made of tuff. The tower is 12th century, the nave perhaps even older. Both are decorated with arched friezes. The Gothic choir is 15th century.

Dutch Reformed Church. 14th century tower and three-sided closed church completed in 1471. Inventory: pulpit 1703.