It is located in Vorland, just northeast of the village of Langevåg on the southern tip of the island of Bømlo.

It was once the main church for the Bømlo parish which is part of the Sunnhordland prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin.

[4] In the early 1600s, it was decided to move the church site closer to the village, so a new site at the Vorland farm was chosen (which is why it's sometimes called Vorland Church).

The church was rebuilt in 1885, with larger windows, new doors, and new second floor seating galleries.

In 1960, a new, modern Bømlo Church was built about 500 metres (1,600 ft) to the southwest, closer to the main village centre of Langevåg.