It is located in the Lerkendal area in the city of Trondheim.

It is one of the churches for the Nidelven parish which is part of the Strinda prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nidaros.

The tan brick church was built in a long church style in 1997 using plans drawn up by the architectural firm Madsø Sveen.

In 1987, the congregation bought an old barracks building to use as an interim church on the road Nordre Risvolltun.

In the late 1990s, the congregation hired the architecture firm Madsø Sveen to design a permanent church.