It is one of the churches for the Høydalsmo og Lårdal parish which is part of the Øvre Telemark prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark.

Each church parish was a constituency that elected people called "electors" who later met together in each county to elect the representatives for the assembly that was to meet in Eidsvoll later that year.

[6][8] In 1831, the fourth private owner tore down the old church and had a new church built on a new site, about 175 metres (574 ft) to the northeast of the old site.

In 1865 the church was gifted to the congregation so it would no longer be privately owned.

In 1887, a sacristy was added to the east end of the church.