Churches in Kootenai County
Kootenai County, Idaho has 120 churches in the Churches List directory, 154 of them verified and 152 with a published website. The 2020 US Religion Census counted 129 congregations and 109,091 adherents across 42 religious bodies in the county. That is 637 adherents per 1,000 residents of its 171,363 people. It is one of the counties we index across Idaho, within the Coeur d'Alene, ID metro area. Its largest listing centre is Coeur D Alene.
Religious bodies in Kootenai County (2020 US Religion Census)
| Religious body | Congregations | Adherents | Per 1,000 pop. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Non-denominational Christian Churches | 26 | 39,130 | 228.3 |
| Catholic Church | 8 | 27,056 | 157.9 |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ | 1 | 14,536 | 84.8 |
| Assemblies of God | 7 | 9,167 | 53.5 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | 20 | 8,700 | 50.8 |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church | 7 | 2,324 | 13.6 |
| Jehovah's Witnesses | 6 | 2,012 | 11.7 |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod | 3 | 1,060 | 6.2 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | 3 | 947 | 5.5 |
| Southern Baptist Convention | 8 | 784 | 4.6 |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) | 4 | 482 | 2.8 |
| Churches of Christ | 2 | 459 | 2.7 |
Source: 2020 US Religion Census (Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies). Per-1,000 rates divide reported adherents by the county's 2020 Census population (171,363). Largest 12 bodies by adherents shown.
Historic-register churches in the county
Notable churches in Kootenai County
№ 01
Real Life Ministries
The Hitching Post Wedding Chapel
The Heart | Coeur d'Alene Campus
Lake City Church
The Altar Church
St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church
Fr. William Crowley Sunday Masses 8am & 10am Saturday Mass 5pm Weekday Masses 8am Confessions Saturday 3:15-4:30pm
Romanesque Revival architecture
YouTube
Candlelight Christian Fellowship
Real Life Ministries - Coeur d'Alene Campus
№ 09
North Country Chapel
№ 10
Immaculate Conception Catholic Church
St. Joan of Arc Roman Catholic Church
Latin Masses
The Cause Church
Cities and towns in Kootenai County
Directory traditions here: Unknown Denomination (37) Non-Denominational (22) Baptist Churches (21) Catholic (14) Lutheran (11) Bible (7) Christian (7) Church of Jesus Christ Of Latter Day Saints (7) Seventh Day Adventist (6) Foursquare (6)
Researching ancestors from Kootenai County?
Church registers are among the richest genealogical sources: baptisms, marriages, and burials often predate civil records. The FamilySearch catalog holds microfilmed church records for many Idaho counties, filed by denomination and parish name: search Kootenai County church records on FamilySearch (free account). Cross-reference with the historic-register churches above and the cemeteries listed on each church's page.
Disaster history of Kootenai County
FEMA has issued 17 disaster declarations covering Kootenai County since records began in 1953, most recently in 2026. The most frequent cause: severe storm (6 declarations). Churches have historically served as shelters and relief hubs in these events; congregations can register preparedness plans with their county emergency management agency.
Source: OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries.
How this county page is assembled
Directory listings are mapped to Kootenai County through the US Census Bureau's 2020 ZCTA-to-county relationship file: each ZIP Code Tabulation Area is assigned to the county holding the largest share of its land area, so a small number of churches in ZIP codes that straddle county lines may be attributed to a neighboring county. Congregation and adherent counts come from the 2020 US Religion Census and are reported by the religious bodies themselves. Population is the county's April 2020 decennial-census base from the US Census Bureau's population-estimates program; per-1,000 adherence rates divide reported adherents by that figure. Corrections to any listing go through the corrections page.