It is the church for the Ørskog parish which is part of the Nordre Sunnmøre prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Møre.

The white, wooden church was built in a long church design in 1873 using plans drawn up by the architect Jacob Wilhelm Nordan.

In the early 1700s (before 1722), the church was renovated and expanded by adding cross arms to the north and south so that the floor plan became a cruciform design.

Each church parish was a constituency that elected people called "electors" who later met together in each county to elect the representatives for the assembly that was to meet in Eidsvoll later that year.

After the site was cleared, a new long church was constructed in 1873 to replace the old one that was moved.