It is the church for the Vesterøy parish which is part of the Sandefjord prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Tunsberg.

The red brick church was built in a rectangular design in 1967 using plans drawn up by the architect Elisabeth Breen Fidjestøl.

[1][2] In the 1950s, the parish began planning for a new church to serve the southern part of the old Sandar Municipality (which merged with Sandefjord in 1968).

The rectangular brick building was actually the first stage of construction which included a multi-purpose church hall and some smaller offices and classrooms.

The altarpiece is a wooden mosaic made by Ingrid Nordby Søyland and bears the title "The Cross in our world".