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Reformed Church on the Rudolphstichting. Interesting church with tower.

Reformed church. Single-nave nave with narrower, rectangular closed choir (16th century). Oak tie beams with corbels and key pieces with pear bead profiles. Inventory: simple pulpit (19th century?), four gentlemen's pews (18th century). Organ made in 1884 by Gebr. van Oeckelen.

The Dorpskerk is a one-nave, five-sided closed building with a tower, situated on a slightly raised churchyard. Pulpit from 1688 with non-belonging but dating from the same period rear bulkhead and sounding board; oak baptismal fence 1752; copper baptismal arch 1753, precentor's lectern 18th century, two light arms with candlestick from the 17th century, two wall arms from the 17th century, a sixteen-armed crown with shields from the 17th century. The organ made in 1874 by KP van Ingen. This church is listed as a National Monument of the Netherlands.

In the church under the organ gallery hangs the certificate of the union of the Reformed Church and the Reformed Church, September 17, 1997, when the Samen op Weg community Via Pacis - the way of peace - in Beetsterzwaag was called Olterterp. Now the Protestant community Via Pacis. This church is still regularly used for evening services and special services. The community holds the morning services in De Ontmoetingskerk (the former Reformed Church).

The Dorpskek in Akersloot was originally erected in the 13th century on the foundations of a Romanesque church. The current building is the reconstruction of 1837 as the previous building had to be demolished due to its deterioration.

Reformed Church. Originally an octagonal building with a mansard roof and a domed roof turret, built in 1815-1816 to a design by A. Tollus. Founded by a donation from King William I. Enlarged in 1850 to a rectangular space, retaining three sides of the original design. The interior was thoroughly modernised in 1958. Organ with two manuals and pedal by Bakker and Timmenga (Leeuwarden) from 1899. Mechanical tower clock of French make, first quarter of the 20th century.

Extension in 2001, rear extension.

Historic village church with tower. The Reformed parish Dorpskerk is part of the Protestant community of Capelle aan den IJssel (PgC) within the Protestant Church in the Netherlands (PKN).

It is not known when a church first stood on this site, but it is known that there was a parish in Westerblokker around 1513. It is not possible to say with 100% certainty what style the church had, but on the basis of several drawings and engravings it can be stated that the church at least has stylistic features of a late Gothic church from the first quarter of the 16th century. This church, more precisely the nave, was demolished in 1830 due to dilapidation. The new nave was widened in 1864 at the height of the two easternmost bays and the choir enclosure. The current cast iron windows also date from that renovation. In 1883 the, also, cast iron entrance and ornamental gates were added. The pillars of the gate on the Westerblokker show the year 1883.

Village church