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The Dutch Reformed Church of Nijega is originally a medieval hall church, dedicated to St. Agatha. After a major renovation in 1893 by municipal architect DD Duursma, the church was given its current appearance. The bell tower was also built in that year. The two bells in it came from the belfry, which stood in the churchyard. The year 1381 is mentioned on the oldest preserved bell. A bell from 1793 was removed by the Germans during WWII and replaced in 1957. The entrance gates decorated with cast iron death symbols also date from 1893.

Reformed Church with tower on churchyard. In construction still 13th century brick church building with tower, later bricked up. In the churchyard a number of 17th and 18th century gravestones. Single manual organ made in 1811 by L. van Dam. Bell tower with chiming of two bells, one of which by anonymous founder from the 15th century?, diam. 67 cm. and one by Reinerus, 1476, diam. 81 cm. Mechanical wrought iron tower clock, 17th century, has been decommissioned. This church is listed as a National Monument of the Netherlands.

Modern church. Inaugurated on July 4, 1965. Built to replace a Chapel of the Reformed Evangelisation Association Dalerpeel/Nieuwe Krim, from 1920.

The church in Sluipwijk on the 's-Gravenbroekseweg dates from 1862/1863. It replaced a 16th century church, which was so dilapidated around 1860 that it had to be demolished. The tower on the church is of a later date, from 1883.

Built to replace the predecessor of this church, which was demolished in 1939. There is a whale on the tower of the church. This whale is a reminder of whaling, which was an important source of income for the village in earlier centuries. The bell from 1388 - elsewhere incorrectly mentioned as originating from Krimpen aan den IJssel - was damaged in 1940 and could no longer ring. The municipal authorities wanted to melt down the bell, but historians put a stop to that. The bell ended up in the Gouda museum, the Catharina Gasthuis. It has since been decided that the bell will return to Krimpen. The current bell was made in 1962 by Van Bergen in Heiligerlee.

The Reformed Church in Hedel was built around 1640 in a semi-Gothic transitional style on the foundations of the transept and choir of a larger cruciform church.

Reformed church, built in 1858 in the water board style. The facade tower placed above the front building was added in 1879. Next to it is the catechism room GAN-OV13B-59.

This church is listed as a National Monument of the Netherlands.

Characteristic hall church without tower. Renovated and extended.

The church was built in 1860 (see the facade stone in the left side wall). Since then, the front facade has not been changed, but the windows in the side walls, which illuminate the service rooms, have. These were renewed in the 1930s, but the old situation can still be recognized. The two diagonally placed closing sides also have renewed windows that were probably installed in the 1930s. The interior will have been renovated in the same period. The current wooden vault shows the characteristics of that period (1930s character). What the original vault looked like can no longer be determined.