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In 1886 built a straight-closed hall church with one transept and a facade tower, crowned by a constricted spire. The consistory built on to the rear was built in 1913. Simple traditional interior with pulpit and baptismal garden opposite the transept.

Reformed church and tower on churchyard. Simple church building with built-in tower 1781. In the church richly carved pulpit with back wall and sounding board; lectern 17th century communion table. Seven carved gravestones, three 17th century and four 18th century. Organ case and front by H. Knipscheer from 1866. Knipscheer used an old four-foot front that was extended on both sides. Mechanical tower clock by Bergen, Midwolda, 1923, no. 1236.

Neo-Gothic church with historic tower. Church built in 1833 on a T-shaped plan against a tower from the first quarter of the 16th century.

The Reformed Church of Made is a late Gothic building. The church was founded in 1511 although the building has suffered several alterations in different periods.

Dutch Reformed Church, national monument because of the single-manual organ, made in 1865 by W. Hardorff in Leeuwarden.

Charming, eclectic village church with tower. Built to replace its demolished predecessor .

The Reformed Church in Didam worshipped in the old Mariakerk until 1951. Because this building was much too large, it was sold to the Roman Catholic parish in that year, and a small new church was built. In 1956, Van Vulpen delivered a new organ for this church. The instrument is almost identical to the organ that Van Vulpen placed at the World Exhibition "Expo 1958" in Brussels two years later. E. Verschueren from Tongeren (B) carried out revision work in 1974. Various changes were made: the pedal was placed in its own case against the back of the church on a larger new wind chest. The Vox Humana 4' of the pedal was replaced by a Fagot 16'. Verschueren adjusted the intonation of the organ and remedied the 'spucking'. Finally, the composition of the Scherp was adjusted. Hans Kriek was the advisor for the work. In the years that followed, Hans Kriek made several changes: the Scherp was changed into a Mixtuur, placed on a raised bench, in order to improve accessibility during tuning. The Quint 1 1/3' was moved up to 2 2/3'. Instead of the Cimbel, a Terts 1 3/5' from c.° was introduced. The Fagot 16', which contributed little to the total sound, was replaced by a stronger register. Since 1 May 2004, the church has been in use by the Protestant Community of Didam.

In 1296, a parish in Sint Kruis was first mentioned, which was subordinate to the Ter Doest Abbey. Due to flooding, partly as a result of the Geuzen breaching the dikes in 1584 to stop the Spanish troops, the area was flooded and was not drained again until 1651. The current church building dates largely from the 14th century and initially consisted of a single-nave church with a tower. In 1467 and 1483, the church was enlarged to a three-nave church with a choir and transept. This church was badly damaged during the Dutch Revolt, but in 1652 it was restored to serve as a Reformed church building. What remained was a single-nave church with a straight-ended nave and the tower. Another renovation took place in 1872. In 1944, the church was badly damaged by war violence and was restored in 1948-1949.

The 19th century tower is the youngest part, the choir is early 16th century. But then the nave: tuff stone and completely Romanesque, clearly recognizable by the arched frieze decoration and the small round arched windows on the north side. For more light, larger windows have been installed in the south wall. Inside is a remarkable church council bench, perhaps a former communion bench.

Reformed Church and tower, situated on a churchyard. Simple village church from 1774. The church contains a richly carved pulpit with a rear bulkhead and sounding board from 1699. The organ was made in 1874 by L. van Dam and Sons. It has a bell tower with a bell by G. van Wou, from the 1500s. The mechanical tower clock was made by Gebr. van Bergen in 1918.