It is located in the village of Kornstad on the western coast of the island of Averøya, along the Kornstadfjorden.

It is the church for the Kornstad parish which is part of the Ytre Nordmøre prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Møre.

[3] The state archives in Trondheim has a record of a mass held at the church on 17 June 1386.

In 1649, the church was enlarged by adding two timber-framed transepts to the north and south sides of the nave to give the building a cruciform floor plan.

The new church was designed by Jacob Wilhelm Nordan and built by builder Gustav O. Olsen, and it was consecrated in 1871.