It is one of the two churches for the Kjerringøy og Rønvik parish which is part of the Bodø domprosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland.

The church seats about 300 people and it has one worship service every three weeks.

In 1763, records show that an old church building was torn down in Kjerringøy and those records show that that church had been built by the residents from "time immemorial".

The nave of this building measured approximately 11 by 6 metres (36 ft × 20 ft) and it had a small tower on the roof on the west end.

In 1883, the church was torn down and replaced with the present building.