It is located in the village of Medjå, on the north side of the river Namsen.

It is the church for the Grong parish which is part of the Namdal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nidaros.

The white, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1876 using plans drawn up by the architects Håkon Mosling and Jacob Wilhelm Nordan.

An inspection report from 1679 mentions this church, calling it an "ancient church" built with staves, but that due to its age an condition, people were worried that it might fall over in a large storm.

Finally, Håkon Mosling was hired to design a new church and the government's church architect, Jacob Wilhelm Nordan, amended Mosling's plans before construction could begin in an approval process that took a couple of years.