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

The white, stone church was built in a long church design around the year 1150 using plans drawn up by an unknown architect, but has since been converted into a cruciform design.

The altarpiece with a painting from around the year 1630 is by German painter Gottfried Hendtzschel.

In 1797, the eastern portion of the old stone church was torn down and a timber-framed addition was built which turned the building into a cruciform design.

Each church parish was a constituency that elected people called "electors" who later met together in each county to elect the representatives for the assembly that was to meet in Eidsvoll later that year.