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Initially the name was "Gereformeerde Kerk van Nieuw Dordrecht". At the end of 1938 a proposal was made to change this name to "Gereformeerde kerk van Klazienaveen". "Among the incoming documents at the meeting of 14 November 1939 a letter stating that the name change has been approved." At a meeting of 22 April 1891 in Nieuw Amsterdam there was a proposal: "with regard to the matter of Nieuw-Dordrecht the church council expresses the wish that, given the circumstances, it is necessary to establish an independent congregation". The church was initially given the name of Nieuw Dordrecht, because a brother wanted to build the church at cafe Lufting on the road from Klazienaveen to Nieuw Dordrecht.

On the border with Drenthe (Havelterberg). The neighborhood association has an agreement with the Protestant Community of Steenwijk that the church building is used free of charge every Sunday morning for church services that fall under its authority.

The Eben Haëzerkerk is a Christian Reformed Church built in 1927. In December 2002, the organ in the church was removed and replaced by an electronic organ.

Reformed Church. One of the oldest houses of worship built for the Reformed Church, around 1840, consisting of a simple hall church with round-arched windows and an entrance door in a simple classicist frame, next to which is a parsonage with a storey and windows with six- and eight-pane sliding windows. The church and parsonage are covered by an elongated pantile hipped roof.

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

On 11 December 1913, 'De Gereformeerde Kerk te Nieuwlande' was instituted. On 8 June 1914, the first stone was laid and in August of that year 'Eben Haëzer' was put into use. The well-known reformed resistance fighter Johannes Post hid people in hiding in this church during the Second World War. The hiding place can still be seen. The Stichting Het Drentse Landschap will investigate whether the church can be preserved in some way. Nieuwlande played a special role in the war and received a Yad Vashem award for it. Of course, Nieuwlande wants to keep that past alive. 'The new destination for the reformed church in the village can play an important role in this'. It is not without reason that the church is located on the Johannes Poststraat.

Small neo-Gothic church with a new, modern facade from 1975.

Neo-church without tower. Before and after plastering (see pictures)..

In 1995, a new church was put into use on the Zonnedauw in Apeldoorn. However, due to the strong growth in the number of members, it became impossible to offer churchgoers a place during the Sunday morning services in a responsible manner during the course of last year.

Eberbach Abbey is an incredibly well preserved 12th-century Gothic abbey. The monastery operated from its establishment in 1136 to 1803 (prohibition of monastic communities in the Holy Roman Empire). The building now houses a cultural foundation and the abbey museum traces the history of the abbey and the Cistercian order. Eberbach is also today the largest wine estate in Germany.