It is one of the churches for the Gjerpen parish which is part of the Skien prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark.

The people of Valebø then had a much longer journey to church.

It was designed by H. Lie and built by builder Svend Sigurdsen in 1902–1903.

The new building was consecrated on 24 June 1903 (midsummer day).

The wooden timber-framed long church with a church porch and bell tower on the west end a chancel in the east that has a half-octagon shaped apse.