It is the main church for the Herøy parish which is part of the Nord-Helgeland prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland.

The church has a rectangular nave, a tower to the west, and a narrower choir with a semicircular apse.

The choir and apse have a lower roof line than the nave.

Originally, the current choir was the stone nave that was attached to a wooden building.

In the 1960s, the church was thoroughly renovated by the architect John Egil Tverdahl.