The ownership of the church was first mentioned in 1181. The church belonged to the St. Martin Chapter of Liège, which had patronage rights and tithes here. Part of the tithe belonged to the Tongeren chapter.
In 1521 it was restored using stones from Shechem.
In 1715 the tower was in a dilapidated state and repair work was being carried out.
Between 1799 and 1802 the church was closed during the French occupation.
Repair work was carried out in 1823, 1824, 1874, 1878 and 1886.
In 1860, the completely dilapidated tower was demolished and replaced by a new tower, the current one.
In 1897 the church was restored.
In 2000 the organ was placed under monument protection.
The building consists of a protruding west tower, a three-aisled nave with five bays and a straight closed choir with one bay. The tower is flanked on the south side by a stair turret and furthermore has four sections, corner bands of marlstone, a round-arch portal in a profiled bluestone frame, in the second section of the west facade a bifora in round-arched marlstone frame, in the third section in each facade a gabled motif of marl stone with a three-part blind round arch and in the upper section in each facade two bifora as echo holes. Finally, the tower has a molded cornice with a marlstone finish and is topped by a constricted needle spire with slates. The sacristy is built against the straight east facade of the choir.
The nave has a Romanesque substructure in quarry stone (silex and quartzite) with blocks in a fairly regular pattern. The plinth has an afzat and corner band in limestone. The east facade of the nave is built in quarry stone with an oculus in a rectangular profiled marl stone frame at the top of the facade. The side aisles have a brick superstructure probably dating from the 18th century, a limestone sill and round-arch windows in a marlstone frame with neg blocks in a regular bond.
The choir has wall panels from different periods. On the side of the nave, the substructure contains heavy, embossed limestone blocks in a regular pattern and the rest is largely made up of small, fairly regular rubble stones, flint blocks and blocks of a kind of iron sandstone. The facade of the choir closure is made of marlstone, which probably dates from the restoration of 1521. The narrow pointed arch windows present in this section were probably closed when the tower was built and replaced by the current round arch windows. The sacristy against the east facade was probably built in the early 18th century, with only the original square barred window in a limestone frame with rebate running.
The interior of the building is plastered, has flat ceilings and between the nave and the aisles are arched arcades resting on heavy capitalless piers. Rococo stucco decorations are applied to the ceiling and the ogival arch.
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