Greater Mount Moriah Church
Greater Mount Moriah Church is a Baptist church at 821 West Irvine Avenue in Florence, AL 35630. It is one of 211 churches in Florence, and one of 50 Baptist congregations in the city.
Serving since 1969
821 West Irvine Avenue, Florence, AL, 35630Phone: (256) 766-4248 · Website: https://mtmoriahflorence.com/
Greater Mount Moriah Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 4,551 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Alabama — 71,417 across the United States on The Church Map.
Baptists pressed harder than anyone for religious liberty in America, and the freedom every other congregation on this map enjoys is partly what they won. They have carried believers' baptism and the priesthood of every believer to more of the world than almost anyone — and the Black Baptist church has repeatedly been the conscience of the whole nation.
Ministries at Greater Mount Moriah Church
- Deacon Ministry
- Trustee Ministry
- Deaconess & Mothers Ministry
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The community around Greater Mount Moriah Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly half of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of the people here live below the poverty line. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.
- Child Poverty: 53.0%
- Poverty Rate: 48.6%
- Obesity: 48.1%
- Food Insecurity: 44.1%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 38.8%
- Housing Insecurity: 29.7%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 25.5%
- Transportation Barriers: 23.9%
- Diabetes: 22.6%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 22.6% (11.7–33.5%)
- Social Isolation: 39.6%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.8%
- Depression: 25.0%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 16.2%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Florence city is served by 74 churches — about one congregation for every 481 residents.
Churches near Greater Mount Moriah Church
- Saint James Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Faith Temple Church of God — 0.2 mi away
- Bible Deliverance Church — 0.3 mi away
- Oak Grove AME Church — 0.3 mi away
- Greater Saint Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.5 mi away
- Christian Student Center — 0.5 mi away
- Westside Church of Christ — 0.5 mi away
- The Dwelling Place — 0.5 mi away
- Trinity Episcopal Church — 0.6 mi away
- Tennessee Valley Community Church — 0.7 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Saint James Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.9 mi away
- Saint Mark Baptist Church — 1 mi away
- Tabernacle Baptist Church — 1.1 mi away
- Mitchell Baptist Church — 1.2 mi away