It is located in the village of Ferkingstad on the western side of the island of Karmøy.

It is the church for the Ferkingstad parish which is part of the Karmøy prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Stavanger.

The white, wooden church was built in a long church design in 1853 using designs by the architect Hans Linstow.

[1][2] The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1620, but it was likely built in the late 1500s.

It is possible that there was another church located at Ferkingstad prior to this one, but there are no existing records to confirm that.