It is the church for the Strusshamn parish which is part of the Vesthordland prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin.

The large concrete and glass church was built in a fan-shaped design in 1969 using plans drawn up by the architects Torgeir Alvsaker and Einar Vaardal-Lunde.

[6][8] During the night of 8 September 1861, a fire started in the flour mill next door to the church, and both buildings burned down.

The new church was finished in 1864 and it was consecrated by Bishop Peder Hersleb Graah Birkeland on 30 September 1864.

This included two brass chandeliers, two apostle figures, and a mass vestment.

The altarpiece, painted by Johan Ludvig Losting, was also rescued from the old church.

[3][4][5] The present church was built shortly after the 1966 fire by the architects Torgeir Alvsaker and Einar Vaardal-Lunde.