It is one of the three churches for the Husnes og Holmedal parish which is part of the Sunnhordland prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin.

The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1360, but it was not new at that time.

In 1724, the church was purchased from the Crown by Henrik H. Formann, the manager of the Lyse Abbey.

In 1866, the parish purchased the church back from private owners at a cost of 325 Norwegian speciedalers.

After the church was constructed the local parish priest, P. Bøckmann complained that it "looks like a barn building and not like a church, it is a cramped house, has no chancel building, no tower, not even a marking that indicates it is God's house" (Norwegian: “ser ud som en Ladebygning og ikke som en Kirke, er et for trangt Hus, ingen Korbygning, intet Taarn, end ikke en Fløi paa Møningen tyder paa at det er Guds Hus”).