The Church Council began with Protestant churches, adding Catholics in a couple of decades and Orthodox in the 1990's. Representatives of 62 churches of 13 denominations met July 29, 1919 at Plymouth Congregational Church to form the Seattle Federation of Churches (our predecessor body). By May 5, 1920, 31 additional churches had joined, making the list below:
Baptist
Central
Bethany
First
Dunlap
Elim
Gatewood
Green Lake
Immanuel
Mount Zion
Queen Anne
University
West Seattle
First Swedish
Second Swedish
Christian
Ballard
Central
First
Queen Anne
University
West Seattle
Congregational
Alki
Bayview
Beacon Hill
Columbia
Fairmount
Fauntleroy
Japanese
Keystone
Kirkland – First
Olivet- Beacon
Pilgrim
Plymouth
Prospect
Queen Anne
University
West Seattle
Evangelical Association
First
Episcopal
Epiphany
Queen Anne – St. Paul’s
St. Andrews
Trinity
Federated
Whitman Memorial
Free Methodist
First
Lutheran
Behany
Bethany/Augustana
Holy Trinity English
St. Johns
Methodist Protestant
First (Later Capitol Hill United Methodist - disbanded)
Presbyterian
Brighton
Bethany
First
Georgetown
Ravenna
Westminster
Woodland Park
Mt. Baker Park
Ballard (Northminster)
Madrona
West Seattle
Olympic Court
University
United Presbyterian
Trinity
Reformed
United Brethren
First (later merged with First United Methodist)
Wallingford (now Wallingford United Methodist)
Methodist Episcopal
Asbury (Ronald)
Bethel
Crown Hill
Calvary (Ronald)
First
Foote Memorial
Queen Anne
Rainier Beach
Shaw
University
Wesley
Woodland Park
City Missions
Gilman Park
Grace
Greenlake
Haven
Hillman
Lakeside
Madison Street
First Norwegian Danish
Tibbetts
First Swedish
Emmanuel Norwegian
Trinity
62nd Street
Swedish Tabernacle
