The Baerler church, originally dedicated to St. Lucia, was already mentioned as a parish church in 1262, when Heinrich von Rode owned the right of patronage as a legacy of Cleves. In 1349, Count Johann von Kleve gave it to the Johanniterordenshaus in Walsum. In 1560 the Reformation was introduced at the church. In the first half of the 16th century the church was probably badly damaged by a fire. During the restoration work, during which the upper floor of the tower and the chancel were rebuilt in a late Gothic style, the church was essentially given its current appearance.
The late Romanesque west tower in front, which is divided by pilaster strips and round arch friezes, as well as the two-bay single-nave nave come from the second half of the 12th century. During the restoration work of the 16th century, the nave was reinforced with buttresses and a ribbed vault was drawn in over Romanesque wall templates.