It one of the four churches for the Gaular parish which is part of the Sunnfjord prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin.

Construction of a new church on the same site was carried out from May 1847 until November 1848.

Many of the salvageable materials from the previous church were reused in the construction of this building.

The new church was consecrated on 5 November 1848 by the local dean, Johan Grønnlund.

In 1938, an 8-by-5-metre (26 ft × 16 ft) addition was built on the north side of the choir which housed a sacristy and a smaller meeting room using designs by the architect Wilhelm Essendrop.