It is one of the churches for the Etne parish which is part of the Sunnhordland prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin.

The location must have been an important site on which to build a church since this location includes the largest pre-Christian burial site in Etne with more than 200 burial mounds.

To the far south is a large site with small mounds dating from the Bronze Age.

During this renovation, a new sacristy was built on the north side of the chancel.

The stone cross in front of the church dates from the period immediately after the Christianization of Norway.