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Built to replace the older, demolished Pauluskerk, which stood on the same site.

This church is listed as a Municipal Monument of the Netherlands.

Important modern church with detached tower. Built as Dutch Reformed Church in the reconstruction district north of the station. Dutch Reformed Paulus Church in Gouda-Noord from 1963. The design of Zuiderhoek is related to that of the Petra Church in Veenendaal by the same architect.

The Pauluskerk is a Protestant church which dates from the 12th century. The church tower was built in the 13th century. It is listed as a National Monument of the Netherlands.

This church with its historic tower is an interesting example of an old village church, which was rebuilt and expanded at the end of the 19th century with the then more modern means (e.g. slender iron pillars). Before the Reformation this church was called St. Nicholas Church.

Important, characteristic church building with tower. Built as a Reformed Church. The exterior is almost completely intact. In the interior many renovations took place in the early 2000s.

Characteristic Protestant reconstruction church with detached tower.

The New Pauluskirche in Essen, Germany, built in 1908 as a replacement for the war-damaged old church, was repurposed into a residential and nursing home. In 2002, plans were made to decommission the church, but a local association ensured its preservation.

St Paul's Church (Pauluskirche) in Frankfurt was designed by the architect Johann Friedrich Christian Hess and built between 1789 and 1833. It is currently used as an exhibition memorial and meeting place.

Modern church with small tower, in the Spangen district in Rotterdam-West. Replaced the former, demolished Roman Catholic St. Nicholas Church from 1962, at the same location. The Surinamese Roman Catholic Parish Petrus Donders has also been located here since 2008. That parish used the Roman Catholic Church HH Verlosser en Barbara in Crooswijk, which was closed that year, from 1997 to 2008.