It is one of the three churches for Ålesund and Volsdalen parish which is part of the Nordre Sunnmøre prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Møre.

The red, wooden church was built in a rectangular design in 1974 using plans drawn up by the architect Leif Olav Moen.

[1][2] In 1957, planning began for a church for Volsdalen area to the east of the city centre of Ålesund.

An architectural competition for the design of the new church was won by Leif Olav Moen.

He reworked the drawings to reduce costs, and a lot of volunteer work was done to construct the new church.