The church is first mentioned in the sources in 1292 and it is then said that it is dedicated to St. Simon and Skt. Judas (son of Jacob).

Church buildings

Skærbæk church is a quite beautiful and impressive church that has much of its original character left. The church stands in a blank wall. The nave and chancel are covered with lead, while the cross arms are clad with slate.

The church is the oldest in the area and built in Romanesque times, approx. 1150. The nave and chancel are built in large granite blocks and stand on a granite plinth with a hollow edge. The nave may have been extended in the early Middle Ages. The ship originally had doors to the south and north, but they are both walled to. A column portal from the south door with column portal. was in 1869 moved to the tower, where there is now an entrance to the church. Conversely, the nave and chancel have preserved several of the original windows. The ship got new large new windows in 1863-64, at the same time as the construction of two cross arms.

The tower dates from the Late Gothic period and was built in 1509. On the north side of the tower is a rare Latin inscription, which reads: "This building was completed in 1509" The inscription was drawn up in 1977 after being overpainted for many years. The tower is of the so-called Tørninglen type, which were common in the then Tørninglen. The tower is a total of 32 m high and has a tall pyramid-shaped spire and small gables in each corner of the world. On the spire is a wind vane from 1737 made by Henrik Kobbersmed in Tønder. The wind vane has the initials HAPB, which stands for Mr. Albert Pedersen Bøgvad, the then parish priest.

In the tower there are two bells. One is from 1748 and manufactured by IH Armowitz in Husum. Another bell was erected in 1965. In 1840 the tower room was converted into a porch and in 1869 a pillar portal was moved to the tower, and the church was entered via the tower room.

The church today has two cross arms, built in 1863-64. They replaced some previous additions to the church, and at the bottom the granite blocks from these have been recycled. Bricks have been used at the top. To the south was formerly a medieval chapel that later housed the sacristy until it was demolished in 1716-18. To the north was previously an extension of poor quality, which was designed as a schoolroom.