It is located in the village of Sakshaug, just west of the municipal centre of Straumen.

It is the main church for the Inderøy parish which is part of the Stiklestad prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nidaros.

The large, stone church was built in a Neo-Gothic long church style in 1871 using plans drawn up by the architect Håkon Mosling (1840-1914).

The old church was closed and sold to the Society for the Preservation of Ancient Norwegian Monuments.

The new church was designed to hold about 1200 people, but more recently the fire regulations hold 850 as the maximum capacity.