It is the church for the Heidal parish which is part of the Nord-Gudbrandsdal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Hamar.

The brown, wooden church was built in a cruciform design in 1941 using plans drawn up by the architect Bredo Berntsen.

[1][2] The church, cemetery, and Bjølstad Chapel are encircled by a sturdy double-layered timber-framed wall that is approximately 1 metre (3 ft 3 in) tall.

There is no evidence as to what this was, but it caused the parish to move the church to a neighboring farm.

Most of the interior art and furnishings were lost in the fire, except for some silver candlesticks and metal crucifixes.

[3][6][7] The church is richly decorated, largely consisting of carved acanthus elements.

To the side of the cross stand Jesus's mother Mary and the disciple John.

This central image is flanked by Moses holding the Tables of the Law and Aaron clothed as a high priest.

At the top of the altarpiece, Christ is depicted holding a victory banner.

The ceiling painting under the church's tower shows the Four Evangelists: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.

The materials were gifted to the community with the plan that they could be used to reconstruct the old church as a museum.

In addition to the doorposts from the 1000s, it preserves other old elements: the pulpit, a crucifix, the tower, and the bell.

Its altar, which was painted by Borgar Hauglid at the time that the church was reassembled in 1962, depicts the resurrected Christ with the banner of victory.