The church stands on land once occupied by the parish rectory. Its construction followed thirty years of campaigning by the local Brännås working group for a proper parish hall, an effort that led to the founding of the Fågelbergskyrkan small-church foundation in 1975 and eventually to building work beginning in 1984.
The building was designed by architect Per Lindfors of Mölndal and constructed by Granstedt-gruppen AB of Partille, at a cost of around 4.6 million kronor. A foundation and numerous individual donors together contributed just over a quarter of a million kronor towards furnishings and fittings.
The church is built of reddish-brown facing brick, used both outside and within, giving the interior a distinctive warm, uniform tone. It comprises a single nave, in which the chancel is not architecturally separated, together with an open church square area and an attached parish hall. The ceiling is timber-panelled on laminated beams, and the floor is laid with red quarry tiles. Fixed pews are arranged either side of a central aisle, facing a free-standing altar set against a glazed wall that rises from floor to ceiling. The nave seats around ninety people, with additional capacity for some fifty more when the space is opened out. A free-standing bell tower stands on rising ground to the north of the church.
Among the furnishings, the altarpiece by Arvid Bryth features four biblical scenes carved in wood, while the triumphal crucifix was carved by the curate Jan Merje. The church textiles were made by Ragnhild Ejeskär. The organ, built in 1984 by A. Magnusson Orgelbyggeri AB, is a modest instrument with seven stops across manual and pedal.