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

The white, wooden church was built by Knut Grut in a long church style in 1860 using plans drawn up by the architect Christian Heinrich Grosch.

[1][2] The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1543, but the church has a woven tapestry in its inventory that dates back to the late 12th century, so that the church may have been founded around that time.

In 1672, the old stave church was torn down and a new building was constructed on the same site.

That apartment building burned down in 1897 during a city-wide fire.