It is one of the two churches for the Talgje parish which is part of the Tungenes prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Stavanger.

The church was located on the farm Garå or Gardå on the island of Talgje.

[3] During a renovation and restoration in 1870, the south portal of the nave was moved to a newly built porch in the west and made wider.

Before the restoration, there was a long runic inscription on the south wall that told who had the church built and that a charitable foundation had also been established, probably a hospital.

Until 1840, the ruins of a rectangular stone building, possibly from the 13th century, were located just east of the church and they may have been (2nd generation of) such a hospital.