A document from 1337 mentioned Petrus, son of Stephan de Boda, as member of the Old People’s Council of the Seat of Sighișoara. At the time Bunești was the only free settlement that belonged to the Seat, being the third important one after Saschiz and Archita. 

The church was first mentioned in 1356, although it had been built at the end of the previous century. It was designed as a three nave basilica, with a choir and an altar with few decorations. The central nave was separated from the aisles by five pairs of broken arch arcades and from the choir through a broken arch. There is a vestry on the north side of the choir, and a portal at the west end of the church. The main nave had a ceiling, the aisles had cross vaults similar to the choir, and the altar had a penetration vault. The vestry had a barrel vault. In the initial construction plan, the basilica wasn’t provided with any belfry. 

Between 1505 and 1508, the Tax Register of Sighișoara mentioned tax exemptions for works in Bodendorff, works worth 21 florins and 12 dinars. It is likely that the money was used for the fortification of the church. Probably in this period began the construction of the tower at the end of the central nave, from which only the first three levels were preserved. No one can tell if the work was ever finished or if it was stopped. During these works the aisles and the vestry were demolished for the fortification of the central nave. The five pairs of arcades were walled in and buttresses supporting the defense level were built outside the nave and the tower. The west portal was also walled in and two entrances opened on the north and south sides. The buttresses were united at the upper ends through masonry arches which formed a machicolation. An open timber gallery was built above. The access to this defensive floor was made through a spiral staircase built in the southwest corner of the nave. 

The choir and the nave received a gallery built in the console, with three machicolations on two sides of the choir and one machicolation on each of the three sides of the polygonal altar. Inside the gallery wall there are seven embrasures, narrow on the outside and wide on the inside. From the attic, the access to the defensive floor is made through a door which is flanked by an embrasure. 

The polygonal precinct was built in the same period, including five towers with oblique roofs, each with three levels. The four meter high curtain wall had battlements and the wall passage was built two meters from the ground. The massive northwest tower was arranged as an abode, evidence being given by the windows of the upper levels and the chimney from the southeast corner. The levels are separated by wooden floors, the access being made separately through entrances on the east side. The ground floor has embrasures with wooden frames and revolving stumps covering the opening. Inscriptions painted with red and black can be found inside the tower. One of them mentions the year 1545, and the rest are Latin inscriptions which can be translated as follows: Amen, Amen I say to you, after all this the skies will open…1644; the whip hurts, but one bad mouth hurts everyone; The ones walking on the path of virtue never sin.

The gate tower on the southeast side had a barrel vault gallery on two thirds and a detachable floor on the last third, used for the defense of the corridor. The entrance was provided with a portcullis. The upper level had embrasures with wooden frams and revolving stumps, initially a wooden defense gallery existed above it. After that was demolished, the roof was placed on the consoles of the gallery. The access to the two north towers is made from the upper levels through the entrances from the inside of the precinct, and from the ground floor through the mobile stairs from the first floor. The tower on the east side was demolished over time. 

In 1509 as we find out from an inscription on the chancel arch, the brick barrel vault of the nave was finished. It was placed on two masonry walls which, on the inside, double the north and south sides of the nave. Given the considerable narrowing of the inner space, broken arch niches were made on each of the two sides. The vault was decorated with terracotta ribs and, probably during that time, the star ribbed network was made in the choir and altar. 

In 1536 Sibiu offered 16 florins for the support of the church, and between 1544 and 1545 gave 25 florins for the construction of a tower, either the gate tower or the one on the west side of the nave. The south loft from inside the church was built in 1680, information given by an inscription The master of the work was Johann Roftler in 1680. The double loft on the west was built in 1775. 

During the 18th storage rooms for cereals were built inside the precinct on the entire length of the curtain wall, and a second precinct was added on the southeast. It was used as a shelter for animals and it had a well.

In 1804 the defense level over the nave was demolished and its roof was placed directly on the wooden consoles of the gallery. The altar which has been preserved until today is from 1805 and was mounted above the choir; the organ was placed above it, partially hiding a Byzantine style frieze which was covered with plaster after the Reformation. In 1808, a new loft was mounted above the old one on the west side. It has an inscription which can be translated as follows: As a monument of his gratitude to God and this community, donated by Johann Ludwig 1808. The three levels of the west end tower of the nave were surmounted in 1847 by a small belfry, and a new vestry was built over the demolished one in the 16th century. The church was renovated between 1856 and 1964 – 1966. 

Inside the church of Bunești a valuable silver cup was preserved, made in a workshop from Brașov, in the first half of the 15th century.