The design of the Myllypuro church had already begun in the 1960s. In 1987, the Myllypuro residents accelerated the process of getting their own church with a petition which had over 5,000 signatures. However, the joint parish council of the Helsinki parishes decided in 1988 to give up on building the church. Then, they started to plan a smaller building, originally called a chapel, which maintained the nature and idea of the original church plan. The church was completed in 1992.

The church was designed by architects, Anja and Raimo Savolainen. The Lux aeterna (Eternal light) glass paintings of artist, Carolus Enckell serve as an altarpiece. Enckell's oil paintings are on display in the foyer and the parish meeting hall. The altar has a bronze crucifix made by vicar, Veijo Vatka. In the foyer there is a bronze relief by Vatka, Viisi leipää ja kaksi kalaa (Five loaves of bread and two fishes).

The organ was made by the organ builder, Veikko Virtanen. It has 16 stops.

The fourteen bells of the Myllypuro church are controlled by a set of machinery which can play 20 programmed melodies or those played on the keyboard.

The church has two floors. The church and the lobby, which acts as a cafeteria, extend into the second storey. The church has facilities for a day club, for school-aged children and for work with adults. The building also houses the church social work office, the reception for the on-call pastor, workers’ offices, a library and the caretaker’s residence. The library has two Internet terminals for the parishioners.

The Myllypuro church is used by the Herttoniemi parish.

Celebrations at the church

Members of the church can organise a baptism, a wedding or a funeral free of charge at the church.

The church seats 150 people. The parish meeting hall next to the church seats 100 behind the movable partition. There are seats for 100 at the tables.

The hall is adjoined by an institutional kitchen with dinner and coffee tableware for a hundred people.