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The Dormition of the Virgin Mary is the largest preserved neo-Nazi church in the country. Built in 1836 - 1837, the church is famous for its iconostasis made of boiled walnut wood and carved with very artistic woodwork by the masters of Debar for ten years. The bell tower on the west façade was built in 1906 and completed in 1932-34.

The Dorotea Church is a 1934 reconstruction of an old church from the early 19th century. The new church was built in wood according to the plans of Evert Milles.

The Martinuskerk in Markelo , is a Protestant church built in 1840 after the demolition of the older church.

The Dorpskerk is a one-nave, five-sided closed building with a tower, situated on a slightly raised churchyard. Pulpit from 1688 with non-belonging but dating from the same period rear bulkhead and sounding board; oak baptismal fence 1752; copper baptismal arch 1753, precentor's lectern 18th century, two light arms with candlestick from the 17th century, two wall arms from the 17th century, a sixteen-armed crown with shields from the 17th century. The organ made in 1874 by KP van Ingen. This church is listed as a National Monument of the Netherlands.

Dutch Reformed Church. Late Gothic village church, tower mid 15th century, choir and transept 15th century B, nave ca. 1521, as evidenced by the stone in the western facade. Choir with five-sided closure, wide, single-aisled nave, barrel vaults on tie beams. in the north and south facades of the nave Gothic gates in profiled natural stone frames. Inventory: pulpit with baptismal fence and lord's pew 17th century. Tombstones 16th and 17th century. Bell tower with bell by S. Butendiic, 1481, diam. 95.8 cm and a bell by Petit and Gebr. Edelbrock /Eijsbouts, 1930, diam. 74.4 cm. Mechanical tower clock by B. Eijsbouts from 1902, equipped with electric winding.

Freestanding brick church on a street corner, dating in its main form from 1644, with an entrance gate under a hipped roof and on the gateposts sandstone miniature castles, an entrance portal and a square bell tower on the ridge of the church. The consistory against the east facade dates according to the year in the first laid stone from 1928. To the southeast of the church lies a small cemetery.

The church has a straight closed single-aisled nave and a tower with five sections with a staircase tower and a constricted spire. The tower, with a vaulted lower space, was built at the end of the 14th century. The 14th-century nave with choir and the 15th-century northern aisle burned down in 1848. During the reconstruction in 1849-'55, parts of the old masonry were used, including a 15th-century basket-arch gate with a rectangular surrounding drip moulding. The tower was restored in 1956, the church in 1963. The inventory includes late 18th-century psalm boards and a 19th-century pulpit.

Reformed Church. Originally an octagonal building with a mansard roof and a domed roof turret, built in 1815-1816 to a design by A. Tollus. Founded by a donation from King William I. Enlarged in 1850 to a rectangular space, retaining three sides of the original design. The interior was thoroughly modernised in 1958. Organ with two manuals and pedal by Bakker and Timmenga (Leeuwarden) from 1899. Mechanical tower clock of French make, first quarter of the 20th century.

As early as the 12th century, a stone church must have stood on the site of the village church. Before that, there was probably a thatched wooden church. The church was dedicated to Saint Anthony. On 6 June 1855, the church burned down. A large fire destroyed part of the church and also a large number of the village houses, only a part of the church tower was preserved. In 1857, new construction began. In 1949, three new bells were cast, replacing the two previous bells. They weighed 650, 371 and 260 kilos respectively and sounded in G sharp, B and C sharp. The middle bell was replaced in 1961 after a crack. The inscriptions read according to bells:

The village church in Eelde is originally a Roman Catholic church, which was dedicated to St. Gangulphus. In 1598, stadtholder Willem Lodewijk ordered the conversion to the "reformed" religion by means of a "plakkaet". The name Reformed was not officially introduced until 1815 and the church continued to be called the Dutch Reformed Church until 2005. Since October 2005, the village church has been the church building where the Protestant community of Eelde-Paterswolde holds its weekly services. The Protestant community of Eelde-Paterwolde was created in 2005 from the merger between the Reformed community of Eelde and the Reformed Church of Paterswolde. In the single-nave church from the 14th century, tuff stones from an older church have been incorporated, particularly around the entrance. This earlier church stood on the same site and was already built in the 11th century. The church is built east-west and has a rectangular nave of 8.5 x 28 meters. A narrower, three-sided closed choir has been added to the east side. The stone choir vault was replaced by a wooden ceiling at the beginning of the 18th century. The wooden ceiling was painted with an allegorical representation of life and death, joy and mourning. (see photo below) The painting was probably made by Hermannus Collenius (1650-1723) The pulpit in the church dates from 1621. The wooden pews were replaced by chairs during the restoration of 1973. There are still four gentlemen's pews in the church. In the choir is the gentlemen's pew of the Oosterbroek manor house; against the north wall are two gentlemen's pews of the Lemferdinge manor house. It could not be determined to which manor house the fourth pew belonged. Furthermore, there is a wrought iron holder with a copper baptismal font in the church. During the restoration in 2000, the plasterwork in the church was completely removed and a consecration cross was revealed under one of the old layers of plaster. This cross dates from the pre-Reformation period and was restored and conditioned as far as possible. The cross is located on the wall next to the lord's pew opposite the pulpit. Until 1989, the church was equipped with a mechanical tower clock by H. Detgen in Groningen. Made in 1870. The clock was loaned to the Bell Foundry Museum in Heiligerlee in 1989.