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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June at Mount Moriah: Spirit, Freedom, and the Fire to Keep Moving
We are now in the Season after Pentecost, also known as Ordinary Time. But there is nothing ordinary about a people filled with the Spirit. Ordinary Time is not a season of spiritual boredom or sacred inactivity. It is the long, faithful work of becoming what Pentecost has empowered us to be.
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Pentecost does not end with fire falling from heaven. Pentecost continues in how we live after the fire. It continues in how we speak truth, build community, resist oppression, practice justice, and walk with courage in a world still trying to silence the Spirit’s witness. The question before us now is not simply what happened at Pentecost. The question is this: what will we do with the power the Spirit has given us?
At Mount Moriah, June is a month of Spirit, freedom, and movement. When the Holy Spirit came in Acts 2, barriers collapsed. Languages were understood. Outsiders were brought near. The frightened became courageous. The overlooked became witnesses. Pentecost announced that God’s Spirit could no longer be controlled by empire, hierarchy, nationalism, or exclusion. Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
That is why Pentecost, Pride, and Juneteenth speak to one another. Each bears witness to people refusing to remain buried beneath systems designed to erase them. Juneteenth reminds us that freedom delayed is still worth fighting for. Pride reminds us that every human being carries divine worth and dignity. Pentecost reminds us that the church is at its best when it tears down walls instead of building them.
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We are living in a time when the ground is shifting beneath our feet. In the wake of Louisiana v. Callais, we are reminded that progress is not permanent and rights are not self-sustaining. What previous generations secured through sacrifice can be narrowed, weakened, and reinterpreted in a single decision. So we cannot afford to be casual. We cannot afford to forget. We cannot afford to stand still.
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This month, Mount Moriah holds together Spirit, freedom, and faithful movement. We remember our history. We honor our ancestors. We celebrate Black joy. We affirm human dignity. We strengthen the next generation. We worship in a way that prepares us for witness.
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At Mount Moriah, we believe the Gospel confronts every form of political, social, economic, and spiritual oppression that denies people abundant life. We believe faith must move beyond slogans into transformation. We believe worship should strengthen people for the struggle ahead.
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Come expecting powerful worship, prophetic preaching, sacred music, honest reflection, and the continuing movement of the Holy Spirit.
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Seven Intentional Ways We Rise in June
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Live after the fire - Pray before you react. Breathe before you speak. Ask the Holy Spirit to guide one ordinary conversation, one difficult decision, and one daily responsibility. Pentecost becomes real when Spirit-filled people live with courage in ordinary places.
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Remember Juneteenth - Read one story of Black freedom. Share one family memory. Teach one child something our ancestors survived. Visit a marker, museum, cemetery, or sacred place of memory. Ordinary remembrance can become extraordinary resistance.
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Protect human dignity - Speak to people with respect. Use their names. Listen without dismissing. Refuse cruel jokes, careless language, and convenient silence. Small acts of honor can become extraordinary witness.
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Refuse fear - Make the phone call. Tell the truth. Ask the question. Go to the meeting. Stand with somebody who feels alone. Courage often begins with one ordinary step in the right direction.
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Celebrate Black joy - Laugh with your people. Cook a meal. Play the music. Dance if your body lets you. Rest without guilt. Joy practiced in ordinary ways can become holy resistance.
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Build beloved community - Check on a neighbor. Invite someone to church. Support a local business. Volunteer one hour. Reconcile where you can. Repair what you can. Community is built through ordinary acts repeated with extraordinary love.
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Keep moving in Ordinary Time - Make a plan. Keep a promise. Vote when it is time. Show up when needed. Give what you can. Serve where you are. Ordinary Time teaches us that faith does not become extraordinary by being loud. Faith becomes extraordinary by being faithful.
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.