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As of 2011, Mount Moriah Missionary Baptist Church is led by its 11th pastor, Rev. A. C. Cobb. “Like many Black churches across the nation, Mt. Moriah is facing an aging congregation and tackling the job of finding younger members". [2] The church has a congregation of approximately 150 members, of which a large portion is over age 50.
The Mount Moriah Baptist Church, constructed in 1911, is believed to be the area's last remaining remnant building. A commemorative plaque and an annual Freemanville commemoration celebrate the area's heritage. Esther Hill Hawks established what may have been Florida's first integrated school to serve the community.
Mount Moriah Baptist Church may refer to: Mount Moriah Baptist Church (Port Orange, Florida) Mount Moriah Baptist Church (Middlesboro, Kentucky) Mount Moriah Baptist Church and Cemetery, Roanoke, Virginia; Mount Moriah Missionary Baptist Church, Winter Park, Florida
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Mount Moriah Baptist Church was built in Port Orange, Florida in 1911. Built to serve black residents, it was located in an area that came to be known as Freemanville and is believed to be the last remaining building from the settlement.
Samuel Small (1826 or 1827 – October 30, 1883) was a Baptist minister and state legislator who lived in Ocala, Florida.He was one of several African Americans who served in the Florida House of Representatives representing Marion County, Florida and Ocala during the Reconstruction era. [1]
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Outside the entrance to the church is an historical marker that reads: "Mount Moriah Baptist Church. K-99. The members of Mount Moriah Baptist Church belong to one of the region's earliest African American congregations, originating in a Sunday school for slaves established in the mid-1800s by Dr. Charles L. Cocke, founder of Hollins College ...