The parish belongs to a parish union, and its area covers Asola, Havukoski, Koivukylä, Leinelä, Päiväkumpu, Rekola and Rekolanmäki. It has about 10,000 members and is led by a senior pastor. Rekola church has a large baptism tree artwork with over 700 hearts, and each Sunday the names of children baptised the previous week are added to it.
Services include baptisms, weddings, funerals and burial bookings, certificates of civil status and diaconal support. Activities range from family clubs and children's church music groups to Sunday school, youth work, confirmation school and programmes for adults. The parish runs the Rekola Gospel choir and holds church concerts, and a women's language café for learning Finnish meets at the Asola parish house. Church membership can be joined through an online service, and the parish also has international and mission partnerships. The car park, entrance and toilet are wheelchair accessible.
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