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In 1860, built against the old, already protected tower in beautiful brickwork, a five-bay long church hall under a slate-covered saddle roof and with a lower, flat-roofed, three-sided closed consistory room against the five-sided closure. The facades are divided by once-intersected, chevron-shaped covered buttresses, are closed off with (ascending) round-arched friezes and have a round-arched window per bay with beautiful wooden traceries dating from the construction period. Internally, the bays are separated by columns resting on consoles - incorporated in a wide, all-round, profiled window sill list - on which the ribs of the stucco net vault - segmental arch vault with insert vaults above the windows - come down. Original, sober bench plan with gentlemen's benches along the side facades; pulpit dating from the construction period with neo-Gothic and neo-Lod.XIV carvings; organ from 1899 (restored in the 1960s). Simple, but good example of a mid-19th century village church.

In the years 1881-1884 the firm Ibach built an organ for the Reformed Church in Rhenoy. The instrument was built in the church by Adrianus van Ingen. Upon completion the Gemshorn 8' and the Trumpet of the Main Work were reserved. These were never installed again. In 1950 the firm De Koff & Zn. carried out a revision. They placed the third choir of the Sesquialter as an independent register on the reserved slide of the Trumpet 8'. The firm SF Blank restored the organ in 1990. The Sesquialter was restored. The slide of the Trumpet remained unoccupied.

In construction late Gothic building of which the choir closure and south wall were renewed or bricked in the second half of the 19th century. Heavy west tower with niche section in the second and third section and covered by saddle roof. The southern cartouche with coat of arms of Sminia recalls the restoration of the church in 1743. However, the roof was already renewed in 1726. In the church beautiful 17th century pulpit with rear bulkhead and sounding board. Closed baptismal gate and two covered gentlemen's pews. Communion table. Wainscoting. Two pews with baluster railing; forty pews with carved end pieces, two text boards with carved frame; Ten Commandments board with painted representation of Moses with the Tables of the Law in carved frame. Three copper crowns. Two-manual organ made in 1911 by Bakker and Timmenga instead of the Radersma organ that was moved to the Herv. Church in Metslawier. Bell tower with the sound of two bells, one by T. Both, 1590, diam. 125 cm. and one by H. Falck, 1620, diam. 115 cm. Mechanical tower clock D. Wielinga, Franeker, 1922, has been decommissioned.

The church was originally dedicated to Saint Nicholas. Excavations have shown that there was a church before this church, probably more than one, because in addition to monastery bricks, a tufa stone called âlde Friezen was also found in the churchyard. These stones were used in church construction around 1100. There was a fire in the church in January 1970. An overheated stove in the middle of the church caused the roof to catch fire. This resulted in a large hole in the roof. The damage was then repaired using panelling and carpeting. This disrupted the acoustics in the church. During the extensive renovation of 2006/2007, some things were restored. The church is used by the Protestant Community of Tjerkgaast, Idskenhuizen and Sint Nicolaasga.

Built to replace "Het Lokaal" from 1889. Modern church with tower.

Built in 1950. Facades and materials: post-war church made of hand-moulded bricks, situated on an artificial hill, with a small cemetery with graves, including JH Boll (1924).

Interesting neo-church with tower, built 1894-1895, replacing a burnt down church. (See also below the interesting description by the SKKN, in which however no further description of the important Bakker and Timmenga organ is given).

Reformed Church and tower on spacious churchyard. Small church rebuilt in 1850 in a characteristic style for that period with plaster window frames and plastered fields above. Brick saddle roof tower with low extended staircase tower; tower vault on sandstone corbels. Epitaph from 1550 in the tower portal. 17th century pulpit tub carved into the church; younger rear bulkhead and sounding board. An 18th century gravestone and a bell from 1629 in the tower. Organ from 1889, wind chest by the Gebr. Franssen, partly older pipework.

In 1408 a chapel dedicated to St. Sebastian was already mentioned. In 1449 the church was enlarged. In 1544 Ilpendam had a parish church. As a result of the Eighty Years' War the church was largely destroyed. Remains from the old church are the roguish statues in the choir closure. During the Reformation the church was transferred to the Dutch Reformed Church. A definitive reconstruction took place in 1656. The church then got its current form. In the years 1723, 1850, 1922, 1946 and 1984 the church was restored. The last major maintenance took place in 2004/2005.

The church in Sluipwijk on the 's-Gravenbroekseweg dates from 1862/1863. It replaced a 16th century church, which was so dilapidated around 1860 that it had to be demolished. The tower on the church is of a later date, from 1883.