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Hall church with roof turret in traditionalist forms, built in 1950 to a design by the architects Chr. Nielsen and JHC Spruit from Amsterdam to replace a medieval church that was largely destroyed in 1944. The gables are open-worked as windows. Internally visible roofing. Some mourning boards have been preserved from the old inventory, as well as the Adema organ from 1877.

In its current form, the church of Engelum is a three-sided closed hall church with a tower of three sections with a constricted spire. The tower, which is not accessible from the church, was sheathed in 1887 and is said to still have thirteenth-century masonry from the original church. According to the memorial stone in the south wall of the tower (inv. no. 16), the rest of the church was also renovated in 1887. Incidentally, the nave and choir were said to have been rebuilt in 1773.

Tower. Brick building from the 15th or 16th century, modified in the 19th century in neo-Gothic style. Above the tower entrance the year 1873. Bell frame with the sound of two bells, one of which by J. Tolhuis, 1537, diam. 40.3 cm. and a replica of the clock by W. Both and E. van der Arck. Mechanical tower clock J. van de Kerkhof, Aarle-Rixtel, later fitted with electric winding.

Neo-church with roof turret. The predecessor of the church dated from the 15th century and was demolished in 1895. After that, a temporary wooden church was in use from 1895 to 1900, which was replaced in 1900 by the current Reformed Church.

In 1886 built a straight-closed hall church with one transept and a facade tower, crowned by a constricted spire. The consistory built on to the rear was built in 1913. Simple traditional interior with pulpit and baptismal garden opposite the transept.

NH Church. A small hall church dating from 1668 on an elongated octagonal floor plan. Tie beams with pear bead key pieces, applied secondarily, origin unknown. Pulpit from the construction period. Canopy benches on either side of the pulpit. Externally, the wall surfaces are divided by simple pilasters; the slate and saddle roof is crowned by an open roof turret with clock and bell. Mechanical tower clock, Gebr. van Bergen, equipped with electric winding.

Built as a Dutch Reformed Church in the Wilhelminadorp district, in the south of Best..

The Reformed Church in Didam worshipped in the old Mariakerk until 1951. Because this building was much too large, it was sold to the Roman Catholic parish in that year, and a small new church was built. In 1956, Van Vulpen delivered a new organ for this church. The instrument is almost identical to the organ that Van Vulpen placed at the World Exhibition "Expo 1958" in Brussels two years later. E. Verschueren from Tongeren (B) carried out revision work in 1974. Various changes were made: the pedal was placed in its own case against the back of the church on a larger new wind chest. The Vox Humana 4' of the pedal was replaced by a Fagot 16'. Verschueren adjusted the intonation of the organ and remedied the 'spucking'. Finally, the composition of the Scherp was adjusted. Hans Kriek was the advisor for the work. In the years that followed, Hans Kriek made several changes: the Scherp was changed into a Mixtuur, placed on a raised bench, in order to improve accessibility during tuning. The Quint 1 1/3' was moved up to 2 2/3'. Instead of the Cimbel, a Terts 1 3/5' from c.° was introduced. The Fagot 16', which contributed little to the total sound, was replaced by a stronger register. Since 1 May 2004, the church has been in use by the Protestant Community of Didam.

Tower of the Netherlands. Rev. Church. A slender tower of the medieval parish church, a brick structure from around 1500, decorated with bands of various types of natural stone, traced niches and brick phials against the perpendicular buttresses. The masonry is closed at the top by a frieze of pointed arches, above which rises a small, slender spire.

Striking, interesting modern church, built to replace the nearby church from 1823 on the Waalbandijk.