It is the main church for the Kinn parish, which is part of the Sunnfjord prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin.

[1][2] For the first 22 years after Florø was designated as a ladested (town) in 1860, it had no church.

The townspeople had to undertake the long 16-kilometre (9.9 mi) long sea voyage to the old Kinn Church on the island of Kinn to be able to attend church services.

The church issue was a recurrent topic in the Florø town council every year after 1860.

Two rows of pews at the back of the nave have been removed to make space for various exhibits, and also to provide a meeting place for "church coffee" functions.