It is located in the small village of Bruntveit on the island of Reksteren.

It is one of the two churches for the "Reksteren og Uggdal" parish which is part of the Sunnhordland prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin.

[1][2] The people of the island of Reksteren received permission to build their own chapel during the 1930s.

It was consecrated on 28 January 1937 by the Bishop Andreas Fleischer.

Originally, it was titled as a chapel, but later it was upgraded to the status of parish church.