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