Savoonga, AK (99769) is a small town located on St. Lawrence Island in the Bering Sea. The population of Savoonga is about 600 people from native Yup’ik and Siberian Yupik cultures. The religious landscape of Savoonga includes three distinct congregations that serve the local community. The oldest congregation is the St. Michael’s Catholic Church, established in 1948 by Father John Galvin as part of the mission of the Society of Jesus to serve the local population. The second church is the United Methodist Church which was founded in 1969 by missionaries from Alaska Methodist University and continues to provide spiritual guidance to the community today. Lastly, there is the Faith Bible Fellowship, an interdenominational evangelical church which was founded in 1998 and serves as a place for worship and community building among all members of the local population regardless of their faith background. All three churches continue to be part of a vibrant spiritual infrastructure serving residents of Savoonga, AK (99769).
47.9% of the people in Savoonga (zip 99769) are religious:
- 0.4% are Baptist
- 0.0% are Episcopalian
- 10.5% are Catholic
- 20.3% are Lutheran
- 6.7% are Methodist
- 2.9% are Pentecostal
- 2.0% are Presbyterian
- 1.3% are Church of Jesus Christ
- 3.5% are another Christian faith
- 0.0% are Judaism
- 0.0% are an eastern faith
- 0.0% affilitates with Islam
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