It is the church for the Støren parish which is part of the Gauldal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nidaros.

The red, wooden church was built in an octagonal design in 1817 using plans drawn up by the architects Svend Aspaas and Lars Forseth.

It was originally located about 200 metres (660 ft) to the north of the present church site, on the other side of the river Sokna, just west of the confluence of the rivers Sokna and Gaula.

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 at Eidsvoll Manor later that year.

A new timber-framed church with an octagonal floor plan was completed and consecrated in 1817.