Hovsjö was developed as a residential district in the early 1970s, and from the outset it was decided that the church should be built as part of a single complex alongside a school, youth centre, sports hall and public library. The whole complex was inaugurated in 1975 and became known locally as Hovsjö hus, or 'Hubben'.
The building's most striking external feature is its set of seven tall windows, illuminated in the evenings so they can be seen clearly from outside. Sources differ on their origin: one account credits them to a former inmate of Hall prison, while another attributes them to the artist Fernando Castro, dating them to the year 2000. Both agree that the windows depict the biblical history of salvation.
Outside the church stands a 4.5-metre crucifix, designed by Maria Jensson and made at the Smedjan workshop in Järna, a notable landmark for visitors approaching the building.
Inside, the altar textile depicts Christ, and the church is particularly known for its altar cross, said to have been made from grenade fragments from the war in Lebanon and donated by Bengt Palm, a former headteacher of the local Hovsjö school. The wooden tabernacle, made of pine, was created by a former vicar, Sigurd Hjelmgren, with colouring and decoration by the artist Sven-Bertil Svensson. A ship-shaped light fitting was made in 1995 by the local smith Jakob Some.
An inventory from 1989 noted that the church had no organ at that time, with a piano used instead; the building underwent renovation in 2011, though details of this work are not recorded in the sources reviewed.