It is one of the two churches for the Sandøy parish which is part of the Nordre Sunnmøre prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Møre.

The white, wooden church was built in an octagonal design in 1812 using plans drawn up by an unknown architect.

[1][2] The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to 1589, but it was an old, dilapidated building by that time.

At that time, it was located on the eastern coast of the island of Sandøya and originally the church was an annex chapel to the main Aukra Church in the Aukra prestegjeld.

To replace them, a single new church was constructed on the opposite side of the island of Sandøya (closer to Harøya island), about 630 metres (2,070 ft) northwest of the former location.