It is the church for the Stokke parish which is part of the Sandefjord prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Tunsberg.

The brown brick church was built in a long church design in 1886 using plans drawn up by the architect Jacob Wilhelm Nordan.

The first church in Stokke was a Romanesque stone church with a rectangular nave and a smaller rectangular chancel that was likely built during the 12th century.

The foundation stone was laid under the altar on 1 October 1885, and the new brick church was built under the direction of Carl G. Berg.

It is a brick long church with a west tower with a church porch at the base of the tower, a rectangular nave, and a choir surrounded by vestries.