page_title: Eau Claire, Wisconsin
section_title: Religion
hierarchical_section_title: Eau Claire, Wisconsin / Religion
context_page_description: Eau Claire is a city in Chippewa and Eau Claire counties in the west-central part of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. Located almost entirely in Eau Claire County, for which it is the county seat, the city had a population of 65,883 at the 2010 census, making it the state's ninth-largest city. Eau Claire is the principal city of the Eau Claire, Wisconsin Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is a part of the Eau Claire-Menomonie Combined Statistical Area.
context_section_description: The Episcopal Diocese of Eau Claire is headquartered in the city. Its mother church is Christ Church Cathedral. The city is also located within the Roman Catholic Diocese of La Crosse and is home to Sacred Heart Church and St. Patrick's Church. Additionally, Community House, First Congregational Church, First Methodist Episcopal Church and the Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd are located in Eau Claire.
  Eau Claire is home to several religious denominations:
  Apostolic Faith – 1 congregation
  Assemblies of God – 2 congregations
  West Ridge Church
  Havestime Church
  Baptist – 8 churches variously unaffiliated (including 1 SBC congregation)
  Lighthouse Baptist Church
  Salem Baptist Church
  Calvary Baptist Church
  Birch Street Baptist Church
  Valleybrook Church
  Eau Claire Gospel Center
  Baptist Evangelical Church
  Grace Baptist Church
  Catholic – 5 parishes
  Newman Catholic Parish
  Sacred Heart of Jesus- St. Patrick Parish
  St. James the Greater
  Immaculate Conception
  St. Olaf Parish
  Church of Christ and a non-institutional congregation
  Episcopalian – 1 congregation (The Episcopal Diocese of Eau Claire has its see in Eau Claire.)
  Christ Church Cathedral
  Hmong Christian Alliance – 1 congregation
  Islam – 1 mosque located in Altoona, WI – The Islamic Society of Northern Wisconsin Mosque or Altoona Masjid
  Jehovah's Witness – 2 congregations (both of which share the same Kingdom Hall)
  Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses
  Judaism – 1 synagogue
  Lutheran – about 20 congregations representing the following:
  Evangelical Lutheran Synod (ELS)
  Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)
  Grace Lutheran Church
  Trinity Lutheran Church
  Church of the Lutheran Brethren of AmericaSpirit Lutheran
  Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod (LCMS)
  St. Matthew Lutheran Church
  Church of the Lutheran Confession (CLC)
  Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS)
  St. Johns Lutheran Church
  Bethesda Lutheran Church
  St. Mark Lutheran Church
  Saving Grace Lutheran Church
  University Lutheran Church
  Concordia Lutheran Church
  Lutheran Church of The Good Shepherd
  Hope Lutheran Church
  Our Redeemer Lutheran Church
  Messiah Lutheran Church and School
  Spirit Lutheran
  Immanuel Lutheran Church
  Faith Lutheran Mission Church
  Methodist – 4 congregations (one of which is located in nearby Altoona)
  Lake Street United Methodist Church
  Mennonite Church USA – 1 congregation meeting two Sundays per month
  The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints – 1 congregation
  Nazarene – 1 congregation
  Pentecostal
  Pentecostal Assembly
  Presbyterianism – 2 congregations
  First Presbyterian
  North Presbyterian
  Society of Friends (Quakers) – 1 congregation
  Salvation Army – 1 congregation
  Unitarian Universalist – 1 congregation
  United Church of Christ – 2 congregations
  First Congregational UCC
  Plymouth United Church of Christ
  Unity School of Christianity – 1 congregation
  Wesleyan Church – 1 congregation
caption: Temple Sholom synagogue in Eau Claire
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