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Originally built for the Catholic Apostolic Community in 1917. Hall building without a tower and with a living floor above the church hall.

Tower from 1892, architect G. (Gerard) te Riele. At the beginning of the previous century, the number of parishioners increased significantly, so that a larger church was needed. A new church was built against the existing tower from 1892 (architect G. Gerard te Riele). This neo-Gothic church, designed by H. Hoogenkamp, ​​was consecrated in 1914. At that time, the church had 670 seats. Due to later refurbishment of the church, 552 seats remain. In 1925, the three stained glass windows were installed in the chancel and the tiled floor was replaced by the terrazzo floor from Monasso.

Heilige Martinus is a Neo-Gothic church from 1882. This church is listed as a Municipal Monument of the Netherlands. The organ was built by Adema-Schreurs Orgelbouw in 1958 for the chapel of the Sisters of Bethany in Bloemendaal. In 1982 the organ was moved to the St. Martinus Church in Noorden.

The area in which Maartensdijk is located was given to Willebrord, the first bishop of Utrecht, by the Frankish state authorities at the beginning of the 8th century. It was part of an extensive peat landscape. In order to make the area productive, the bishops gave plots of land in fief to vassals to develop. These vassals included not only citizens, but also religious institutions such as the Utrecht chapter of St. Maarten (The Cathedral Chapter).

Brick church in traditional forms with a tower. Built in 1939-1940 to a design by AW and BPJ Oomen from Oosterhout. Wide central nave with low and narrow side aisles and low transept arms. Organ, originating from an unknown monastery in Flanders, probably built around 1700 by Jacobus van Eynde. In 1909 placed in the then church of Schijf and restored in 1985 by Vermeulen (Weert). The church building replaced an older neo-Gothic church by Soffers.

Out of use 1808, rebuilt 1927 (now chapel of Vroenhof nursing home). Neo-Gothic church with tower.

The current church replaced the predecessor destroyed in the Second World War. It is a three-aisled basilica church with a semicircular apse and a tower and baptistery at the side, inspired by early Christian church architecture in Italy (4th-7th century). An important work from the Deur en Pouderoyen oeuvre, built under the influence of the Bossche School of Van der Laan.

The church is mentioned in the 11th century as part of the then parish of St. Laurentius in Voerendaal.

The Stefanuskerk in Zoelen, named after the first martyr, was built in the 15th century. The nave of the church is built in the Lower Rhine style of brick. The walls were plastered white. Here and there bears support the walls of the church. Brick was also used for the construction of the tower. The tower walls were then covered with tuff. The 36-metre high tower rises high above the landscape. The bell that now hangs in the tower was cast in 1950. It bears the inscription "I mourn the dead and call the living to their God". This bell replaces the bell from 1924, which was removed by the Germans in 1943. The pulpit was made in 1641. The pulpit Bible dates from 1657. A funeral board from 1603 hangs in the church. During restoration work, graves of the Vijgh and Pieck families were found. These families lived in Zoelen Castle in the 17th and 18th centuries respectively. The organ was built in 1895 by the organ building family Van Dam.

Older church and monastery. Built in 1809 under temporary kingship of Louis Napoleon, hence the nickname "Louis' Church". Extension of the choir in 1871. Demolished in 1933 to make way for the construction of the current St. Martin's Church .