Greater Mount Moriah Baptist Church

Greater Mount Moriah Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Newark, NJ 07108. It is one of 434 churches in Newark, and one of 42 Baptist congregations in the city.

Newark, NJ, 07108

Service times

  • Friday 1pm

Phone: (864) 582-6414 · Website: http://www.mtmoriahbaptist.net/

Greater Mount Moriah Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 706 congregations of the Baptist family gather across New Jersey — 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 Baptist Church

  • Health and Wellness Ministry
  • Evangelism Ministry
  • Children's and Teen's Church
  • Puppet Ministry
  • Senior Citizen's Ministry
  • Single's Ministry
  • MMBC Basketball League

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The community around Greater Mount Moriah Baptist Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about a third of the people here live below the poverty line. That is 2,400 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.

  • Food Insecurity: 40.1%
  • Poverty Rate: 33.3% (20.2–46.4%)
  • Housing Insecurity: 32.1%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 30.2%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 21.9%
  • Unemployment: 15.4% (5.1–25.8%)
  • Social Isolation: 38.9%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 32.7%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 20.7%
  • Transportation Barriers: 20.0%
  • Diabetes: 16.4%
  • Obesity: 38.4%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 14.2% (4.2–24.1%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

Newark city is served by 139 churches — about one congregation for every 2,211 residents.

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