The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Washington (state)

The U.S. state of Washington has the sixth most members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the United States.[3] The LDS Church is the 2nd largest denomination in Washington, behind the Roman Catholic Church.[4]


The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Washington
The Seattle Washington Temple
AreaNA West
Members281,389 (2022)[1]
Stakes59
Wards431
Branches58
Total Congregations489
Missions7
Temples4 Operating
2 Announced
6 Total
Family History Centers97[2]

History
Membership in Washington
YearMembership
19201,199
19303,443
19405,113
195011,551
196035,701
197067,203
1980*138,000
1990*189,000
1999226,411
2009257,710
2019289,479
*Membership was published as a rounded number.
Source: Windall J. Ashton; Jim M. Wall, Deseret News, various years, Church Almanac Country Information: Washington[1]

The first known member of the Church moved to Washington in 1852,[5] with missionaries arriving in Washington Territory from California as early as 1854. Enough converts were baptized along the Lewis River in the southwest portion of the state that a congregation was created in that area. Tensions escalated to the death of one member in 1911, who was given a secret burial at night.

Members of the Church helped construct the Oregon Short Line Railroad in the 1880s. By 1930, nearly two thousand members lived within the state with chapels located in the Puget Sound Region and in Spokane. Washington saw many members move to the state after the completion of the Grand Coulee Dam and during World War II to work in defense industries.[5]

The first branch in Washington was created at Tacoma near the end of 1899, with its first stake being created at Seattle in 1938.[5] Washington's first temple was built in Bellevue in 1980. There are now also temples in Spokane, Richland, and Moses Lake. Temples have been announced in Tacoma and Vancouver.[6]

County Statistics
Seattle North Stake meetinghouse of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Meetinghouse in Auburn

List of LDS Church adherents in each county as of 2010 according to the Association of Religion Data Archives:[7] Note: Each county adherent count reflects meetinghouse location of congregation and not by location of residence. Census count reflects location of residence which may skew percent of population where adherents reside in a different county as their congregational meetinghouse.

County Congregations Adherents  % of Population
Adams 9 2,245 11.99
Asotin 2 1,457 6.74
Benton 31 14,294 8.16
Chelan 7 2,777 3.83
Clallam 7 3,102 4.34
Clark 37 20,793 4.89
Columbia 1 286 7.01
Cowlitz 7 4,513 4.41
Douglas 3 797 2.07
Ferry 1 296 3.92
Franklin 19 7,338 9.39
Garfield 0
Grant 19 7,562 8.49
Grays Harbor 6 3,254 4.47
Island 4 2,335 2.97
Jefferson 2 876 2.93
King 110 56,985 2.95
Kitsap 19 11,093 4.42
Kittitas 5 1,702 4.16
Klickitat 2 945 4.65
Lewis 7 4,304 5.70
Lincoln 1 215 2.03
Mason 4 2,587 4.26
Okanogan 4 1,153 2.80
Pacific 2 806 3.85
Pend Oreille 1 112 0.86
Pierce 52 33,152 4.17
San Juan 1 323 2.05
Skagit 6 3,870 3.31
Skamania 1 409 3.70
Snohomish 41 22,684 3.18
Spokane 48 24,246 5.15
Stevens 4 1,829 4.20
Thurston 18 10,774 4.27
Wahkiakum 1 212 5.33
Walla Walla 6 2,468 4.20
Whatcom 10 5,438 2.70
Whitman 5 1,792 4.00
Yakima 17 8,243 3.39

Stakes
Stake Organized Mission Temple
Arlington Washington Stake24 Oct 2010Washington EverettSeattle Washington
Auburn Washington Stake28 Nov 1982Washington SeattleSeattle Washington
Bellevue Washington South Stake15 Mar 1981Washington SeattleSeattle Washington
Bellevue Washington Stake1 Dec 1963Washington SeattleSeattle Washington
Bellingham Washington Stake10 May 1981Washington EverettVancouver British Columbia
Bothell Washington Stake22 Nov 1981Washington SeattleSeattle Washington
Bremerton Washington Stake19 Jun 1960Washington TacomaSeattle Washington
Centralia Washington Stake10 Sep 1978Washington VancouverPortland Oregon
Colville Washington Stake18 Oct 1981Washington SpokaneSpokane Washington
Elma Washington Stake28 Aug 1983Washington VancouverSeattle Washington
Enumclaw Washington Stake13 Mar 2016Washington SeattleSeattle Washington
Ephrata Washington Stake15 Jun 1980Washington YakimaMoses Lake Washington
Everett Washington Stake25 Oct 1970Washington EverettSeattle Washington
Federal Way Washington Stake20 Nov 1977Washington SeattleSeattle Washington
Gig Harbor Washington Stake28 Sep 1952Washington TacomaSeattle Washington
Graham Washington Stake18 May 2003Washington TacomaSeattle Washington
Kennewick Washington Stake24 Oct 1976Washington KennewickColumbia River Washington
Kennewick Washington East Stake31 Oct 1982Washington KennewickColumbia River Washington
Kent Washington Stake14 Oct 1984Washington SeattleSeattle Washington
Lacey Washington Stake14 Sep 1997Washington TacomaSeattle Washington
Lakewood Washington Stake20 Oct 1985Washington TacomaSeattle Washington
Lewiston Idaho Stake[lower-alpha 1]19 Oct 1958Washington SpokaneSpokane Washington
Longview Washington Stake4 Feb 1973Washington VancouverPortland Oregon
Lynnwood Washington Stake14 May 1978Washington EverettSeattle Washington
Maple Valley Washington Stake22 Mar 1998Washington SeattleSeattle Washington
Marysville Washington Stake29 Mar 1981Washington EverettSeattle Washington
Moscow Idaho Stake[lower-alpha 1]5 May 1974Washington SpokaneSpokane Washington
Moses Lake Washington Stake18 Apr 1954Washington YakimaMoses Lake Washington
Mount Vernon Washington Stake30 Jun 1963Washington EverettSeattle Washington
Oak Harbor Washington Stake23 Apr 2017Washington EverettSeattle Washington
Olympia Washington Stake27 Aug 1967Washington TacomaSeattle Washington
Othello Washington Stake12 Aug 1979Washington YakimaMoses Lake Washington
Pasco Washington Stake21 May 1967Washington KennewickColumbia River Washington
Pasco Washington North Stake20 Feb 2011Washington KennewickColumbia River Washington
Port Angeles Washington Stake23 Feb 1992Washington TacomaSeattle Washington
Rainier Oregon Stake[lower-alpha 1]8 Mar 1992Washington VancouverPortland Oregon
Renton Washington Stake3 May 1970Washington SeattleSeattle Washington
Richland Washington Stake25 Jun 1950Washington KennewickColumbia River Washington
Richland Washington South Stake26 Feb 2023Washington KennewickColumbia River Washington
Ridgefield Washington Stake24 Jan 2016Washington VancouverPortland Oregon
Sammamish Valley Washington Stake29 May 1977Washington SeattleSeattle Washington
Sandpoint Idaho Stake[lower-alpha 1]20 Aug 1978Washington SpokaneSpokane Washington
Seattle Washington Stake31 Jul 1938Washington SeattleSeattle Washington
Seattle Washington North Stake19 May 1957Washington EverettSeattle Washington
Selah Washington Stake29 Apr 1979Washington YakimaMoses Lake Washington
Silverdale Washington Stake26 Aug 1979Washington TacomaSeattle Washington
Snohomish Washington Stake28 Jun 1992Washington EverettSeattle Washington
South Hill Washington Stake28 Nov 1982Washington TacomaSeattle Washington
Spokane Washington Stake29 Jun 1947Washington SpokaneSpokane Washington
Spokane Washington East Stake17 Oct 1971Washington SpokaneSpokane Washington
Spokane Washington Mount Spokane Stake19 Jun 2016Washington SpokaneSpokane Washington
Spokane Washington North Stake7 Jan 1979Washington SpokaneSpokane Washington
Spokane Washington Valley Stake3 Jun 2001Washington SpokaneSpokane Washington
Spokane Washington West Stake12 Jan 1992Washington SpokaneSpokane Washington
Sumner Washington Stake17 Jan 1971Washington TacomaSeattle Washington
Tacoma Washington Stake19 Aug 1979Washington TacomaSeattle Washington
The Dalles Oregon Stake[lower-alpha 1]26 Jun 1977Washington YakimaPortland Oregon
Vancouver Washington Stake1 Dec 1963Washington VancouverPortland Oregon
Vancouver Washington East Stake17 May 1998Washington VancouverPortland Oregon
Vancouver Washington North Stake3 Nov 1985Washington VancouverPortland Oregon
Vancouver Washington West Stake5 Nov 1978Washington VancouverPortland Oregon
Walla Walla Washington Stake11 Mar 1979Washington KennewickColumbia River Washington
Wenatchee Washington Stake29 Jan 1967Washington YakimaMoses Lake Washington
West Richland Washington Stake4 Nov 2012Washington KennewickColumbia River Washington
Yakima Washington Stake24 May 1959Washington YakimaColumbia River Washington
  1. Stake located outside Washington with congregation(s) meeting in Washington

Missions

On July 26, 1897, the Northwestern States Mission was organized to search out Latter Day Saints who had moved to Washington, Oregon, and Montana. On January 1, 1968, The Pacific Northwest Mission was created with Joe E. Whitesides as president. On June 10, 1970, its name changed to the Washington Mission and ultimately the Washington Seattle Mission on June 20, 1974. As of 2023, Washington is home to seven missions, three of which are east of the Cascade Mountains, and four are on the west side.

Mission Organized
Washington Everett Mission 1 July 2001[8]
Washington Kennewick Mission 1 July 2002[9]
Washington Seattle Mission 1 January 1968
Washington Spokane Mission 1 July 1978[10]
Washington Tacoma Mission 1 July 1990[11]
Washington Vancouver Mission 1 July 2013[12]
Washington Yakima Mission 1 July 2015[13]

Temples

Temples in Washington or with districts
extending into Washington ()
= Operating
= Under construction
= Announced
= Temporarily Closed

Washington currently has three temples in operation. A fourth temple, the Moses Lake Washington Temple, was announced by President Russell M. Nelson in his concluding talk of the Sunday afternoon session of the 189th annual General Conference on Sunday, April 7, 2019, to be built in Moses Lake, Washington [14] and is currently under construction. A fifth temple, the Tacoma Washington Temple, was announced by President Russell M. Nelson in his concluding talk of the Sunday afternoon session of the October 2022 General Conference on Sunday, October 2, 2022, to be built in Tacoma, Washington. [15] In addition, members in the Bellingham Washington Stake are served by the Vancouver British Columbia Temple[16] and members in and around Vancouver, Washington are served by the Portland Oregon Temple.[17]
Location:
Announced:
Groundbreaking:
Dedicated:
Size:		 Bellevue, Washington, U.S.
November 15, 1975 by Spencer W. Kimball
May 27, 1978 by Marion G. Romney
November 17, 1980 by Spencer W. Kimball
110,000 sq ft (10,000 m2) on a 23.5-acre (9.5 ha) site - designed by Emil B. Fetzer
Location:
Announced:
Groundbreaking:
Dedicated:
Size:
Style:		 Veradale, Washington, United States
August 13, 1998 by Gordon B. Hinckley
October 10, 1998 by F. Melvin Hammond
August 21, 1999 by Gordon B. Hinckley
10,700 sq ft (990 m2) on a 2-acre (0.81 ha) site
Classic modern, single-spire design
Location:
Announced:
Groundbreaking:
Dedicated:
Size:
Style:		 Richland, Washington, United States
April 2, 2000 by Gordon B. Hinckley
October 28, 2000 by Stephen A. West
November 18, 2001 by Gordon B. Hinckley
16,880 sq ft (1,568 m2) on a 2.88-acre (1.17 ha) site
Classic modern, single-spire design - designed by A & E Services, Joseph E. Marty Architect
Location:
Announced:
Groundbreaking:
Dedicated:
Size:		 Moses Lake, Washington, United States
7 April 2019 by Russell M. Nelson[18]
10 October 2020 by David L. Stapleton[19]
17 September 2023 by Quentin L. Cook[20]
28,933 sq ft (2,688.0 m2) on a 17.2-acre (7.0 ha) site
Location:
Announced:		 Tacoma, Washington
2 October 2022 by Russell M. Nelson[21][22]
Location:
Announced:		 Vancouver, Washington
1 October 2023 by Russell M. Nelson[23][24]

See also

References
  1. "Facts and Statistics: Statistics by State:Washington", Newsroom, LDS Church, retrieved May 29, 2023
  2. Category:Washington Family History Centers, familysearch.org, retrieved May 29, 2023
  3. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints membership statistics (United States)
  4. "The Association of Religion Data Archives | State Membership Report". Thearda.com. Retrieved April 19, 2021. Note:While it's the 2nd largest denomination in Washington, it's the third largest denomination when "nondenominational" is considered as a denomination.
  5. LDS Church News - United States information: Washington
  6. Washington - LDS Statistics and Church Facts | Total Church Membership
  7. "The Association of Religion Data Archives | State Membership Report". Thearda.com. Retrieved February 1, 2022.
  8. Washington Everett Mission of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Retrieved April 10, 2016
  9. Washington Kennewick Mission of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Retrieved April 10, 2016
  10. Washington Spokane Mission of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Retrieved April 10, 2016
  11. Washington Tacoma Mission of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Retrieved April 10, 2016
  12. Washington Vancouver Mission of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Retrieved April 10, 2016
  13. Washington Yakima Mission of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Retrieved April 10, 2016
  14. "April 2019 General Conference News and Announcements". Mormon Newsroom. April 7, 2019.
  16. Vancouver British Columbia LDS Temple District
  17. Portland Oregon LDS Temple District
  18. "Prophet Announces Eight New Temples at April 2019 General Conference", Newsroom, LDS Church, April 7, 2019
  19. "Groundbreaking Held for Moses Lake Washington Temple", newsroom, LDS Church, October 10, 2020, retrieved September 28, 2023
  20. "Two US Temples and One in Brazil Dedicated on the Same Day", newsroom, LDS Church, September 17, 2023, retrieved September 28, 2023
  21. "President Nelson announces 18 new temples, including 4 near Mexico City, as conference closes", Deseret News, Deseret News, October 2, 2022
  22. "The Church of Jesus Christ Will Build 18 New Houses of the Lord", Newsroom, LDS Church, October 2, 2022
  23. Where the 20 new Latter-day Saint temples will be built as Russell Nelson’s record tally continues to rise, Salt Lake Tribune, October 1, 2023
  24. "The Church of Jesus Christ Will Build 20 New Temples", Newsroom, LDS Church, October 1, 2023

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