It is the church for the Iveland parish which is part of the Otredal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark.

The white, wooden church was built in a cruciform design in 1837 by Anders Thorsen Syrtveit who used plans drawn up by the architect Hans Linstow.

In the early 1830s, the church was too small and the government agreed to replace the building.

Anders Thorsen Syrtveit was hired to build a new cruciform church on roughly the same site.

The wooden church had a natural exterior until 1842 when plank siding was installed and it was painted red.