It is one of the churches for the Åseral parish which is part of the Otredal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark.

The white, wooden church was built in a rectangular design in 1873 using plans drawn up by the architects Tobias Flottorp and Gård Ekså.

Historical records show that the church likely closed after the Black Death and was no longer used.

As Åseral gained population, the people in the northern part of the municipality wanted their own chapel.

Road connections were poor in Åseral in the middle of the 19th century, and there was a real need for a separate church building in the upper part of the municipality.