It is the church for the Stranda parish which is part of the Nordre Sunnmøre prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Møre.

The white, wooden church was built in an octagonal style in 1838 by an unknown architect.

[3][4] On 8 January 1731, there was a large rockslide on the nearly vertical Skafjellet mountain that is located across the Storfjorden from the church.

The wave destroyed the church which sat on the shore as well as many of the surrounding buildings.

The building had a choir extension in the east, a church porch in the west, and a small tower on the roof above the middle of the nave.