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On March 4, 1961, the foundation stone of the reformed Triomfatorkerk in Pendrecht on the corner of Krabbendijkestraat and Sliedrechtstraat was laid amid great interest. The church offered space for 750 visitors and was designed by the architectural firm Swaneveld and Goslinga. The church had a freestanding steel tower. That has been demolished, but the building is still there and is in use by the Full Gospel Church Het Zout der Aarde. The wire sculpture in the facade, designed by Teus van den Berg, is still present.

According to the Commission on the Preservation of Jewish Heritage, the cemetery was established in the first half of the 19th century. The last buried dates to 1941. It can be found marked on a map of the region from the 1900s.

The monastery in Zrze was built in several stages on the ruins of a Christian sanctuary from the 15th century. Its church contains two exceptional icons; one, painted in 1393, represents Jesus Christ, and the other, from 1422, represents the Virgin of Pelagonia. It also has remarkable medieval frescoes, divided into two spaces. The lower space represents monastic life, while the upper space represents Saints Gregory, Basil, Nicholas and John. The frescoes on the porch are more recent, having been executed in 1624 and 1634.

Zscheiplitz began its life as a small Slavonic settlement on top of the hill overlooking the river valley – some time in the 7-9th century AD. It became a residence of the Imperial palatine count Friedrich of Saxony. In 1089 Zscheiplitz became the Benedictine monastery.

This two-aisled hall church was built between 1423 and 1484. The extension of the cruciform chapel dates from 1516. The vault was painted in 1485 with 44 typological representations over 1,300 m2. These are the oldest vault paintings in the Netherlands. After having been painted over because of the Reformation (1608), they were brought out again at the beginning of the 20th century. The vault has been illuminated since 2006. The 4 wall paintings (Joris, Christoffel, Cunera, Katharina and Brigida) were restored at the beginning of 2000. The monumental organ dates from the 17th century and was once played by JP Sweelinck.

The church of the Reformed Congregation at Mijnsherenplein in Rotterdam-Zuid was put into use on 26 December 1928. Expansions took place in 1935 and 1952 to finally 2100 seats. However, the church had fewer and fewer churchgoers. This was because that district was depopulating and the members went to live elsewhere, especially in Barendrecht. The best solution is for the church to move with the people.

The village of Ter Apel originated at a monastery, which from the 13th century was a forework of the Premonstratensians and from 1465 a monastery of the Order of the Holy Cross. This lasted until 1594, when the monastery was closed as part of the Reformation.

In connection with the construction of several new residential areas and due to a lack of space in the Segeerstraat church Middelburg, Segeersstraat 15 - Gereformeerde Gemeente, the church council of Middelburg Centrum developed plans in 1969 to establish a second church in the southern part of the city. In 1971, a plot of land was purchased for the construction of a church building. On Sunday 9 May 1971, the first church services were already held in the community centre Het Zuiderbaken on the Rentmeesterlaan, which was rented for this purpose. In 1973, construction of the church could begin. On 30 June 1975, the last church services were held in the Zuiderbaken. On 5 July 1974, the new Zuiderkerk was officially put into use. The number of seats was then 650, with the possibility of expanding to 150 by adding a meeting room to the church hall. In 1975, an organ was installed, built by the firm Ernst en Leeflang. In 2011 major renovation with expansion of the hall space to 800 seats.

Built as a Reformed church with the original name Zuiderkerk. Important neo-church without a tower. 1944-1953 temporarily Christian Reformed Church. Later Reformed Church (Liberated). Since church merger in 2023 NGK.

One of the oldest churches in Bunschoten-Spakenburg is the Zuiderkerk. In 2014 it will be exactly 100 years since construction began. In those hundred years it has provided shelter to three to four generations. People were baptized there, had their marriage confirmed there, had their children baptized again and were often buried from the church. A cycle that continues to this day. What remains is the building. A building that has now been designated as one of the nine national monuments in the municipality of Bunschoten.