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

The main church at Lille-Rein was closed and torn down during the late 1400s or early 1500s, but the annex chapel at Alshaug remained in use serving the parish.

The construction resumed soon after and the timber-framed long church was finally completed in 1660.

The new church would be based on standardized church plans made by Hans Linstow, edited by the engineer Theodor Christian Broch who oversaw the construction.

Borch allegedly combined the nave from one church model with the tower from another.

The construction took place from 1840 to 1842 during a period of conflict between the private church owner and the local parish priest.