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

The white, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1867 using plans drawn up by the architects Håkon Mosling and Jacob Wilhelm Nordan.

The church probably was built during the 14th century, since there are records that mention an existing parish of Meløy during the 1440s.

In January 1704, a lightning strike hit the church which caused a fire that burned the building to the ground.

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 at Eidsvoll Manor later that year.