Utah Mormons, are there a lot of non mormon churches there?

Question

I looked at a few churches in Utah and they seem to always have so few churches there. Scientology has one church in all of Utah. WELS has 3 churches. LMCS has 9 churches total.

You can Catholics are the only ones with any strong presence. Has it always been that way. What is the church culture like there

Answer 1

I live in the Salt Lake City Valley. I was surprised to find out, that the population downtown, where the famous SL temple is and such, there are actually more non Mormons that live down there then Mormons! It seems like the LDS are moving to the outlying cities. Kind of interesting.

A lot of the people in my neighborhood are Mormon, but not everyone. The neighbors across the street are Greek Orthodox, next door the husband is Mormon and the wife Catholic, across the other side of the street I'm not exactly sure.

There's a beautiful Catholic Church downtown that I've been in for a choir concert. I've seen a Greek Orthodox Church about 5 minutes away. I've seen a few more Catholic and other churches. But there are a lot of LDS Chapels. There are three in my neighborhood. My church is two doors down haha. It's kind of nice. Get to walk to church! :)

A lot of people aren't LDS too. I work downtown at the Church Office Building by Temple Square. I ride Trax (which is the train.. kind of) down there, and most of the people on there aren't LDS. Kind of interesting.

I did live in Montana for 14 years, and when I moved to Utah I was shocked at how many LDS there are. It is a lot compared to everywhere else.

Everyone is pretty friendly. I love being with all these members of the church because I know they share my common values and they're people I can trust. They're my friends from school, from work, from church, people I see in the store. I don't really have to worry about seeing people dress immodestly, but yes it happens a lot still. I don't have to worry about a lot of other things. People here are really nice.

Answer 2

There are many churches in Utah.

Where sin abounds, grace doth much more abound.

Answer 3

Non-mormons have strong ties with each other.  People are rejected by Mormon neighbors once the Mormons realize they can't convert the non-mormon. So, non-Mormon churches tend to have good, close fellowship as they are islands of love and care in an area that is fairly hostile.

Mormons control local government and they are fairly successful at blocking churches from getting the zoning and permits for building churches.  The Mormons will stop at nothing to hinder Christian churches.

In terms of variety, look in the yellow pages.  You'll see that there is maybe one non-mormon church for every 12 Mormon churches in most towns.

Answer 4

There is a wide verity of churches.  Most that I have seen are the smaller stand a lone churches (not really part of any bigger organization).   These you find here and there.  

Answer 5

there are tons, there is only about 40-60% rate of mormons in utah.  

Answer 6

A friend of our family went to serve his mission in Salt Lake City South Mission. There are a lot of non-members in Utah. Especially in Salt Lake. He baptize  about 3-5 people each week.  

Answer 7

When I was living in Utah for 4 years, I attended a great Christian (non-Mormon) Church.  There are quite a few and most are very strong.

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Answer 8

It all depends on the town. I know that where I live in Utah we have lots of LDS chapels, but we also have 3 Baptist, 2 Lutheran and 4 non-denominational churches. Pretty much like anywhere else I suppose.

Answer 9

YES!  We have Synagogues, Masjids, Buddist temples and many different faiths are represented.  We even have a Monastery!  

Answer 10

The question would have to be in relation to what?

There are other church or denominations within Utah.  If you drive down any road there you'll see churches from different denominations.

The obvious majority is LDS.  I see no reason why to expect otherwise on that front.  When we did live in Utah, I did notice an increase in spanish speaking congregations from other denominations.  It seemed like they came and went with the wind.  Some existed for a long time, but new ones popped up and changed at the same scale.

Answer 11

I live in Utah county, where there are a higher concentration of LDS then in Salt Lake County.

Yes there are other churches out here.  I have several friends of different faiths.  Jehovah's witnesses, Presbyterians, Catholics, there's even a Krishna temple a little ways away.

In Salt Lake County I've heard the concentration drops to under 50% LDS in some areas, so you get a lot more.  

In your smaller towns the percentage rises pretty good, especially the tiny towns in Southern Utah.  They are all good places though, I've enjoyed visiting them.  

The LDS church is awesome.  It does a lot of good that goes unseen.

Answer 12

For the Association of Religion Data Archives' Religious Membership Report for Utah see: http://www.thearda.com/mapsReports/repor...

With love in Christ.

Answer 13

The percentage of Utah residents who are LDS had been declining for quite some time. I think the current percentage is under 50...

(Prophesied of in BoM, but I can't find the passage at the moment, sorry.)

Answer 14

I live in a small town in Utah (2700 people) - We have 4 LDS wards, two Catholic churches, two Baptist, one non-denominational bible study group.  In the surrounding area, there is also a JW Kingdom Hall, a group who like to get together and talk about the teachings of the Dalai lama, two more Baptist churches, a presbytarian, foursquare christian, christian fellowship, united order, TLC.  I'm probably missing some.

edit:  history wise in the SLC area - St. Mark's Cathedral is the oldest non-Mormon cathedral in Utah and probably the oldest religious structure in continuous use in Salt Lake City. The plan was drawn by Richard Upjohn, architect of Trinity Church (New York City). The cornerstone was laid in 1870, but only part of the nave was built in 1871; the original plan was completed in two later stages, 1882 and 1902.

edit2:  Yup.  Us Utahn's are almost like real people!  lol