Everybody is Welcome at Mount Moriah.
For over 130 years, Mount Moriah has served as a Progressive Witness of Jesus Christ in Pembroke and North Bryan County. At Mount Moriah, you find yourself in a warm and welcoming environment that will allow you to experience real folks abiding in community, loving each other, and serving God. As a small congregation in a beautiful rural setting, we have convenient parking located near the front entrance for our first-time guests. Our Mount Moriah Ushers will be glad to help you find a seat for the worship service.
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Beyond hospitality, Mount Moriah is committed to being Christian stewards of love. As such, we practice love, build the beloved community, and pursue social justice. We believe the overwhelming message of the Bible, in story after story, is that of God's radical love and welcome. Every time we think we know who's in and who's out, God does something to challenge those assumptions, unbind our hearts and minds from old ways of understanding, and draw the circle ever wider.
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Our doors are wide open to people from all backgrounds, regardless of where they are on their spiritual journey. Together, we are striving to become a place where there's relevant teaching, heart-felt worship, honest friendships, constant prayer, and compassionate care. So whether you are a spiritual seeker who is just starting to ask questions about God or a committed Christian who wants to sink the roots of your faith even deeper, you can find a home here at Mount Moriah!
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Enjoy Connection
THROUGH WORSHIP | Sunday services start at Noon, following Sunday School, on the First, Second, and Fourth Sundays. Learn more.
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THROUGH STUDY | Sunday School for all ages begins at 11:30 a.m. Additionally, there is a Morning Devotion every Wednesday at 6:30 am. Just dial 717.908.1726 and use Passcode 1065315# to participate. Learn more.
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THROUGH SERVICE | One of the most important values of Mount Moriah is our mission to the Pembroke community. Mount Moriah's members are involved in a variety of church-based ministries and community partnerships. Feel free to contact our Church Clerk with further questions.
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NOVEMBER IS ALL ABOUT CULTIVATING GRATITUDE
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“And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.”
Colossians 3:17
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November comes with a word for us: Remember what has sustained your life.
Remember the grace that claimed you.
Remember the love that carried you.
Remember the hands that helped you.
Remember the responsibility that comes with what you have received.
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To be #Rooted2Rise is to recognize that our lives have been nourished by sacrifices we did not witness and prayers we did not hear. Gratitude requires cultivation. We must practice noticing, remembering, thanking, and giving.
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GRATITUDE IS SACRED | Thanksgiving begins before we gather around the holiday table and continues after we say amen. We can thank God for family, then speak harshly to the people we love. We can appreciate our blessings while overlooking those whose labor makes them possible. This month, let gratitude shape our conduct. Name a blessing each day. Thank someone specifically each week. Speak with care. Share the work. Let somebody experience the goodness you are thanking God for.
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REMEMBRANCE AND CARE | November can bring joy and an ache to the same table. We remember familiar voices, favorite dishes, and loved ones whose chairs are now empty. Make room for those memories. Speak their names. Receive the tears that come. Check on someone facing the holidays without a loved one. Invite someone who might otherwise eat alone. Give a caregiver time to rest. Our gratitude for those who nurtured us should deepen our care for those still beside us.
ARTIST OF THE MONTH
This month, Mount Moriah highlights two works by Andrew Nichols that invite us to cultivate gratitude for Black life, love, and possibility.
On Our Backs is powerful. Andrew Nichols presents a gathering of figures whose backs bear portraits of Black women. The composition invites us to consider how we carry those who came before us: their courage, creativity, organizing, teaching, and care become part of how we move through the world. For Mount Moriah, this work offers a powerful reflection on cultivating gratitude. Women whose labor was too often expected and too seldom acknowledged have shaped our possibilities. Mothers and grandmothers, educators and artists, organizers and church mothers helped build the foundations beneath our feet.
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Their legacy also calls us to responsibility. How do we support the Black women carrying our families and communities today? Do we share their burdens, protect their rest, honor their leadership, and make room for their gifts?
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As Hebrews 12:1 reminds us, we are surrounded by “so great a cloud of witnesses.” We receive this artwork as an invitation to remember that company and live worthy of its sacrifices. We carry their memory. We continue their work. We give thanks by caring for one another.
MINISTER'S APPRECIATION SUNDAY
Enduring Relationships Are Resilient. This year, Mount Moriah celebrates 27 years of ministry with Rev. Dr. Francys Johnson and First Lady Dr. Meca Williams-Johnson. Pastor Johnson is Mount Moriah’s third longest-serving pastor, following Rev. Eugene Amos Hagins' 50 years of service from 1939 to 1989 and Reverend W.C. Whitfield's 30 years of service from 1892 to1922. Our enduring relationship reflects faithfulness through changing seasons, strength through shared struggles, and love renewed through service. We give thanks for prophetic leadership, compassionate care, and the grace that keeps us growing together. Join us Sunday, November 22, 2026, as Minister Thomas James leads worship. Our Ministers’ Appreciation Luncheon follows, honoring those who preach, teach, comfort, and guide us.
Progress Report
This season at Mount Moriah, we walked the road from Palm Sunday to Resurrection Sunday with purpose—and with power.
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Palm Sunday reminded us that Jesus did not enter quietly. He came as a disruption. He came as a declaration. He came announcing a different kind of kingdom—one that challenges injustice and lifts the lowly. And we did not just wave palms—we aligned ourselves with that kind of love.
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But this year, we did more than remember. We witnessed a repair.
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In the midst of renovation, we returned to a revived sanctuary—renewed space, restored beauty, and a living testimony that God is not finished with us yet. Because the same God who raises the dead is the God who repairs what is broken.
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Easter is not just about empty tombs. It is about recovery—recovering what was worn down. It is about healing—healing what has been wounded. It is about repair—restoring what needed fixing.
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And so we celebrated under this truth: No Greater Love. A love that sacrifices. A love that redeems. A love that refuses to let death, despair, or division have the final word.
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If you are looking for a place to grow your family in faith, to wrestle with real life in honest community, and to prepare for what lies ahead—this is your invitation.
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We are Mount Moriah Missionary Baptist Church. We are Rooted to Rise.
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And there is room for you here. Join us.
About Community
Established in 1890, the Mount Moriah Baptist Church has stood as a physical representation of the hope and determination of the African-American spirit. Through the years as a school, community center, and civil rights organizing meeting hall, Mount Moriah has always served people through its Watch, Witness, and Worship.
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At Mount Moriah, all our resources are utilized to provide a Christ-centered setting where people in this community can be redeemed to a personal relationship with Christ, reconciled to God and his people, restored to wholeness, to well-being, and revived for a full life involved in service to others.
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At Mount Moriah, you can be redeemed, reconciled, restored, and revived. Let's go!
Show Your Pride
Show your Mount Moriah pride wherever you go! Visit The Mount Moriah Shop to browse exclusive shirts, sweatshirts, mugs, and other items that celebrate our church’s spirit of faith, service, and community.
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We are proud to partner with Black- and minority-owned businesses to source, produce, and distribute our products — keeping our ministry rooted in economic justice and community empowerment. Every purchase supports the ministries and mission of Mount Moriah Baptist Church.
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The Reverend Dr. Francys Johnson well serves Mount Moriah Missionary Baptist Church. The pulpit of Mount Moriah has long provided community-wide leadership.
Over the last 25 years, Dr. Johnson has also exemplified the values of Christian service with humility before the congregation of Pembroke. He is also the Senior Pastor of the Magnolia Baptist Church of Statesboro. First Lady Meca Williams-Johnson’s particular success in youth programming and academic mentoring is an asset to the ministries of Mount Moriah. Further, they are ambassadors of our faith community to the region and nation.