It was once the main church for the Søgne parish which is now part of the Kristiansand domprosti (arch-deanery) in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark.

Since that time, this church is no longer regularly used, but it is available for special occasions such as baptisms and weddings.

It was a long church with a rectangular, timber-framed nave and on the east end was a narrower chancel with a lower roof line that was constructed out of lumber.

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][7] The walls and ceilings of the interior are covered with painted rosemåling decorations of vines and figures from the 17th and 18th centuries and later.