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The church of Jondal, which was consecrated in 1888, is a typical long church with an entrance and a tower to the west. The church is characterised by a simple Swiss neo-Gothic style with gabled windows. In 1976, an extension was built around the base of the tower.

Jondalen church is a wooden church built in 1882. The architect of the church is Jacob Wilhelm Nordan.

The Joranger church was built around 1600 and replaced an old moat church on the site. The church has a rectangular nave and a slightly narrower and lower choir, as well as a tower to the west. The church is made of laminated wood and is covered with tables on the outside and painted white. The church hall is largely marked by the 17th and 18th centuries.

Around 1200, a chapel in Heumen is first mentioned. The mother church is in Overasselt, where the monks of the abbey of St. Valerie-sur-Somme have possessions (St. Walrick). The Lord of the castle of Heumen is their foreman. That is why the chapel next to the castle is dedicated to the knightly saint George. In the fourteenth century, the nave was extended and raised. The substructure of the tower also dates from that time. In 1445, the chapel became an independent parish church. The Lords of Heumen were given the right of patronage, i.e. they were allowed to appoint the pastor. The Romanesque choir was replaced around 1500 by a higher Gothic choir. The church became Protestant in 1615. In 1818, the church was reduced in size by building a wall inside. The entrance to the church is on the south side. The part bordering the tower is used by the civil authorities, who still own the tower. In that part, among other things, two prison cells are made. The last restoration takes place in 1976-1977. Here, the dividing wall is removed and the entrance is moved back to the tower.

The Dutch Reformed Church consists of a single-aisled nave that was built around 1500. The nave is six bays long and had a single-aisled choir with a three-sided choir closure. The nave has a flat wooden ceiling consisting of mortise and tenon beams. The 15th-century choir was later demolished, except for one bay, and replaced by a consistory room. This was expanded during a restoration of the church between 1979 and 1981. At that time, the consistory was given its current appearance in a historicizing style.

The Dutch Reformed Church of St. George is now a church building of the Protestant Community of Aalten. In 1316, the foundations for a church or chapel were laid here, which was dedicated to St. George, Saint George. During the siege of Bredevoort in 1587, by Prince Maurits, the old church was burned down and the vaults collapsed. The Reformation therefore began with a destroyed church. In 1599, construction began on a new church in Gothic style. A roof construction of oak beams replaced the vaults. In 1639, the church was enlarged by moving the north facade a few meters. Wooden posts were placed on the original location of this facade. This is how the north aisle came into being. During the explosion of the gunpowder tower of the so-called amtshuis, on July 12, 1646, the church suffered great damage. The gunpowder tower had been struck by lightning. Forty people died as a result.

Reformed Church (St. Joris). Simple late Gothic building, consisting of a nave of three bays with a three-sided closed choir; a narrow northern aisle and a heavy western tower, all 16th century. Vaulted roof from after the severe damage by the cyclone on 10 August 1925, when a major restoration took place. Pneumatic organ with two manuals and pedal from 1928, built by J. de Koff & Zoon (Utrecht). In the spire, the ringing of three bells, one of which by H. Berman, 1608, diam. 112.4 cm and two modern bells. Mechanical tower clock by J. van de Kerkhof, Aarle-Rixtel, later fitted with electric winding. Against a tower bear a stone sundial, 1665. The sundial was not installed after the cyclone of 1925 during the subsequent restoration. The sundial probably originates from the demolition in 1875 of the former castle "Het Hof". It is part of a stone, south pointer, dial in octagonal shape. A part is still intact. The sundial is now attached to the facade of the old building at the fire brigade museum.

Historic church with a large spireless tower. Originally dedicated to Saint George.

Jostedal Church is a long wooden church that was completed in 1660 and is the second known church in the town. The first was probably a stave church that was built in the Middle Ages, perhaps in the 13th century.

It is believed that the monastery of Jovanje existed before the battle of Kosovo in 1389. However, the present monastery was built in 1957 after the construction of Lake Medjuvrsje. The former church dedicated to St. John the Baptist was flooded during the construction of the hydroelectric power plant and Lake Medjuvrsje.