<center>SALEM CHURCH</center>
Salem church, of the Evangelical Association, was probably organized about 1843, either by Rev. S .B. Kring or J. Dick. In the absence of records a satisfactory history cannot be obtained. Among the first members were Daniel and Adam Sorber and others. The pastors have been:
Rev. S. B. Kring
Rev. J. Dick
Rev. William Stull
Rev. T. Eisenheim
Rev. F. P. Saylor
Rev. E. C. Martin
Rev. J. F. Striger
Rev. J. Portch
Rev. A. S. Baumgardner
The church cost twelve hundred dollars. It was remodeled in 1874—5. The present number of members is thirty-three; sabbath-school scholars, thirty-three.
<center>MT. TABOR</center>
Mount Tabor church of the Evangelical Association was formerly a part of the Bedford county charge. There are no records of its organization in the hands of the present pastor. It has a membership of thirty. A church edifice was erected under the labors of Rev. J. Portch in 1880—1, at a cost of two thousand dollars.
(History of Bedford, Somerset & Fulton Counties, PA; 1884)
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