It is one of the churches for the Lillesand parish which is part of the Vest-Nedenes prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark.

The white, wooden, Swiss chalet style church was built in a long church design in 1889 using plans drawn up by the architect Henrik Thrap-Meyer.

[1][2] As the small town of Lillesand grew, the nearby Vestre Moland Church grew too small for the parish, so in 1886, a plot of land was given and an architect was hired with the intention of building a new church in the centre of the town.

The new church would serve the people of the town and the Vestre Moland Church would serve the rural areas surrounding the town.

There were also problems when parts of the north wall gave way under the weight of the roof.