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The church was built in 1886, with John the Baptist being adopted as patron saint. Before this church was built, the inhabitants of Kilder had to rely on the St. Oswaldus Church in Zeddam until 1854 and on the St. Martin's Church in Wehl for thirty years after that. A central point in the parish, near the Hagelkruis of Kilder, was chosen as the location for the church. On 17 June 1886, the church was consecrated by the Archbishop of Utrecht, Petrus Matthias Snickers. The church was designed by Alfred Tepe in neo-Gothic style. Above the entrance, which is incorporated in the tower, there is a large pointed arch window. The tower is crowned with a spire and flanked by a staircase tower. There are several stained glass windows in the church. In front of the church, on the left, there is a statue of the Sacred Heart. To the right of the rectory is a statue of Mary Queen of Peace, which was donated by the parishioners on August 18, 1946 on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the parish and out of gratitude that Kilder was spared in the war. The church is a municipal monument, as is the adjacent rectory.

The parish of St. John the Baptist, with the church at the Haven as its parish church, grew so fast in the 1950s that the need arose in the Nieuwland expansion district to establish its own church building. Pastor AC van de Brekel was commissioned to build the new church in his parish on 30 July 1958. A temporary wooden church was placed in November 1958, after which plans were drawn up for the construction of a permanent building. Architect Johannes_Anthonius_Lelieveldt designed a modern cubist building with a freestanding tower. Under the raised chancel in the middle of the church was a small chapel, where masses could be celebrated when there were fewer churchgoers. Four concrete Evangelist symbols by artist Piet Killaars were placed on the facade of the church. In 1999, the church was decommissioned, after which it was demolished in 2000.

The Church of John's Lane is a Roman Catholic church whose construction began in 1862. The architects were Edward Welby Pugin and George C. Ashlin. In 1874, the Gothic Revival church was consecrated, but the interior was completed in 1911. The church's bell tower is the highest in the city, at over 61 metres.

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.

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.

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.