Savage Run Reformed and Lutheran Church, commonly called Fink\’s church, was organized by Rev. B. Knepper in 1849. The house of worship was erected in the fall of the same year at a cost of about nine hundred dollars.
The first church officers were:
Michael Fink – elder
Israel Shumaker – deacon, for the Reformed
Michael Moser – elder
George Tressler – deacon, for the Lutherans
Other original members were:
Jacob Fink
Jonathan Bittinger
M. Bittinger
A. Wessner
The present membership is thirty-one. Services are held both in English and in German. Rev. B. Knepper has ministered to this congregation from its organization to the present time.
(Source: History of Bedford, Somerset & Fulton Counties, PA; 1884)
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