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On 21 March 1829 it was decided to demolish the old church, which dated from 1662, and to build a new church. The tender for the construction took place on 2 May 1829 and the construction was awarded to Gebr. A. Brouwer, contractors in Meppel. The contract price was 7,500 guilders. On 9 June 1829 the demolition of the old church was started. The then mayor Van der Gronden laid the first stone. The church was completed on 1 July 1829.

The Grote Kerk in the centre of the South Holland town of Leerdam is a late Gothic pseudo-basilica cruciform church. The church consists of a three-aisled nave, a five-sided closed choir, a 15th-century transept and a built-in Romanesque tower from the 13th century. The choir and the sacristy date from the second half of the 15th century and both have bacon layers. During the restoration in the period 1862-1863, the church was rebuilt in neo-Gothic style. During the restoration of 1957-1960 (and also the last restoration), the church was returned to the situation before 1862.

The Grote Kerk in Almelo is a historic church which dates from 1493.The church was originally founded in 1236 by the Lord of Almelo as a castle chapel. The choir was rebuilt in 1493, and the transept and the nave in 1738. It has been in use by Protestant worship since 1619. In 1873, the church was largely renovated and immediately enlarged. It currently belongs to the Protestant Church in the Netherlands (PKN). It is listed as a National Monument of the Netherlands.

Important large church with a defining wooden tower. Since 1986 Samen op Weg (merger process Dutch Reformed, Reformed and Lutheran). In 2004 a modern multifunctional centre was built against the left side wall of the church, named "Bartel Jacobsz Centrum". In the early 2010s managed by a Foundation, which campaigns for preservation and necessary restoration, which took place in 2015 - 2017. This church is listed as a National Monument of the Netherlands.

Replaced a church from 1745. Renovated in 1929, when a new tower was also built.

For centuries, the tower of Monster was a familiar landmark for sailors who came into sight of the coastline. The fact that the restoration of the tower in 1662 was subsidized by the Admiralty of Rotterdam, among others, indicates the importance of the tower for shipping. Skippers and helmsmen, "living in the village of Heijde" (Ter Heijde), submitted a request to the municipal authorities of Monster in 1734. They wanted the tower not to be demolished, but to be preserved as a beacon when entering the Maas from the sea. If the tower were no longer there, all sea charts would have to be remade, according to the skippers. The tower was preserved. During a storm in 2019, no one was allowed to walk past the tower of Monster. Parts of the scaffolding, which were around the tower for a restoration, had come loose due to the wind. The fire brigade had cordoned off the area. The tower is now restored and the scaffolding has been cleared away. This church is listed as a National Monument of the Netherlands.

It is a church built in neo-Gothic style, which was designed by H.J. from Tulder. The church, with a striking spireless tower, was built in 1857-1859. The ground pattern is a cruciform basilica with a three-aisled transept and ambulatory. The church replaced the medieval Willibrordus Church, which was located on the same site. Near the church is the Triumphal Maria flanked by two angels memorial, which was founded in 1894 by pastor-dean Arnoldus van de Laar. In 1976 the church was included in the Monuments Register as a national monument.

Reformed Church. The Reformed Church was built in 1772-1776 on a cruciform plan, replacing a Romanesque church, of which the tall tuff stone tower was preserved. Three natural stone entrance frames. Interior completely plastered to a design by JOHusley; in one of the walls at the top a clock face framed by stucco. Circulating gallery on marble columns; on the corners groups of benches. Organ with Hoofdwerk, Rugwerk and free Pedal, made in 1776 by AA Hinsz on gallery with associated pulpit below, all with carvings by JG Hempel. Many gravestones.

Built in 1849-51 to a design by I. Warnsinck on the site of the Gothic hall church that had been demolished in 1844 and in connection with the - separately protected - medieval Sint Janstoren. The church building, built in red brick, alternating with yellow ornamental bricks, on a natural stone plinth under slate-covered saddle and lean-to roofs, is straight-ended and contains an extended entrance portal on the east side, with the main entrance fitted with double panelled doors, a semi-circular and subdivided fanlight, a wooden pilaster frame and two lanterns with a wrought-iron volute arm, as well as a rose window in the pointed top and narrow side entrances on either side of the portal.

Church building located behind the IJsselmeerdijk, built in 1632 on the foundations of a late 16th-century predecessor and consisting of a two-aisled hall church until 1892. In 1658 the church was expanded with a south aisle, which was demolished again in 1892. Since then it has been a single-aisled building again.