It is one of the two churches in the Sund parish which is part of the Vesthordland prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin.

[1][2] When a new Sund Church was built in the 1870s, the question of building a chapel in Kausland arose.

Drawings were prepared by architect Conrad Fredrik von der Lippe and Askild Aase was hired as the lead builder.

In 1957, the municipal council decided to expand the chapel and upgrade it to the status of a church.

The renovation and expansion took place according to plans prepared by architect Ole Halvorsen.