Vuolijoki Church is the only grey stone church in Kainuu. It was made of stone by decision of the Imperial Senate, although the parish would have preferred a wooden church. The church was completed in 1905-1906 and consecrated on 1 January 1907 as the Church of the Coming of Christ. The architectural style is National Romanticism and Art Nouveau. The church seats about 400 parishioners. The church's stones were brought from Honkamäe and loose blocks, and the trees were cut down from the forests in the area.

The bell tower has two bells, which were purchased from Germany. The church was designed by the architect Josef Stenbäckwho also painted the altarpiece Holy Communion. Local people were used as models for the painting.

The church originally had no chandeliers but wooden candlesticks, the current lighting designed by the architect is calledstarry sky. The windows have an onion motif depicting the flame of the Holy Spirit. After the wars, the windows above the altarpiece had coloured glass, but the glass was replaced with clear glass in a renovation in the 1970s.

The Vuolijoki church is not a symmetrical cruciform church because it is missing one of the chapels. For this reason, the pulpit is exceptionally placed on the right side.
The first priest of Vuolijoki parish was John Väyrynen, whose picture is on the altarpiece, facing the second sacristy. The first permanent vicar was Antti Hakala1937-1944.