It is located in the village of Røbekk, an eastern suburb of the town of Molde.

It is the main church for the Bolsøy parish which is part of the Molde domprosti (arch-deanery) in the Diocese of Møre.

Originally, the building was a long church, but around the year 1660, the church was expanded by adding transepts to the north and south to create a cruciform building.

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.

On 2 May 1896, the new annex parish was created for the soon-to-be-built Røvik Church.

The church was designed by Gabriel Smith and built by the carpenter Sivert Erstad.