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

The white, wooden church was built in a long church design in 1914 using plans drawn up by the architects Olaf Nordhagen and Engel Sundfjord.

[1][2] A burial ground was built in Uskedal in 1896 and consecrated in February 1897.

The idea of building a church in Uskedal was put forward at the same time by the people of the village, but the Church Ministry's consent was not given until 1913 when permission was given to build a chapel on a designated plot on the Myklebust farm using designs drawn up by Olaf Nordhagen.

It stood in its original design until 1964 when a major renovation work was started according to plans prepared by architect Ole Halvorsen from Bergen.