It is one of the churches for the Horten parish which is part of the Nord-Jarlsberg prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Tunsberg.

The gray, stone church was built in a rectangular design around the year 1200 using plans drawn up by an unknown architect.

It is now deserted, so that for many years services have not been held, but people on the island and around are attending Borre Church".

Despite the fact that the church was in ruins, people continued to make pilgrimages to the chapel.

In 1717, chief inspector Jørgen Olufsen Mandal wrote to Count Wedel that "common people of idle superstition tend at certain times in the summer to visit Løvø's dilapidated church in desperate numbers and give each a few shillings for its construction".