It is located just south of the village of Varhaug on the Odland farm.

It is the church for the Varhaug parish which is part of the Jæren prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Stavanger.

The original church site was along the shore, about 250 metres (820 ft) inland from the coast, just west of the village of Varhaug, about 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) from the present site of the church.

In 1828, the church was torn down again and rebuilt, reusing many of the same materials from the old building.

The new building was consecrated on 7 December 1904 and then the old church was torn down the following spring in 1905.