It is one of the churches for the Åmli parish which is part of the Aust-Nedenes prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark.

The church began to work on this, but they were rebuked by the Bishop for failing to obtain the proper permits from the diocese.

[3][4] Immediately after the old building was taken down, construction on a new wooden church was begun on the same site.

It is not known who designed the building, but some have speculated that it was Gjermund Gunnarson Veum who built the nearby Gjøvdal Church several years earlier.

The church underwent some restoration work during the 1930s and during that time, the exterior was painted red once again.