Mount Moriah Church

The community around Mount Moriah Church

It takes 3.4 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 3 in 10 the people here live below the poverty line, and nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about 1 in 5 adults live with diabetes. A scattered parish is still a parish.

Pray for the families driving a long way to everything — to work, to a hospital, to this door on a Sunday morning.

• Poverty Rate: 32.3% (22.9–41.6%)
• Food Insecurity: 25.7%
• Diabetes: 18.4%
• Obesity: 43.9%
• Child Poverty: 35.7% (17.6–53.8%)
• Social Isolation: 34.4%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 28.9%
• Depression: 24.9%
• Housing Insecurity: 18.3%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 13.8%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.6% (8.4–18.8%)
• Transportation Barriers: 13.2%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Mount Moriah Church

• Mt Moriah Missionary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
• Piney Forest Church — 1.1 mi away
• Cerro Gordo Baptist Church — 1.9 mi away in Cerro Gordo, NC
• Cerro Gordo United Methodist Church — 1.9 mi away in Cerro Gordo, NC
• Pages Mill Church — 2.2 mi away
• Mount Zion Church — 2.2 mi away
• Mt Zion Baptist Church — 2.2 mi away
• Faith Lighthouse Apostolic Holiness Church — 2.4 mi away in Cerro Gordo, NC
• Cedar Grove Church — 2.6 mi away in Cerro Gordo, NC
• Mount Tabor Presbyterian Church — 2.6 mi away in Cerro Gordo, NC