Mt. Moriah is located at 722 S. Disston Avenue, Tarpon Springs. The first church was founded in a private home in 1896, by Rev. George W. Archie and a group of like-minded Christians willing to form Mt. Moriah African Methodist Episcopal Church. The first Sanctuary  was constructed in the late 1800’s. A small frame structure was built on the north-east corner of Eagle and Pine Street, now Pinellas Avenue and Pine Street. The Church was organized to meet the Spiritual needs of African Americans who resided in the Tarpon Spring area. From that humble beginning, the small but faithful congregation continued to grow with the following leaders:. Rev. A. A. Williams in 1919; Rev. Sampson in 1927; Rev. Sanders in 1924; and Rev. H. A. Arnold in 1929. The second sanctuary construction began during the pastorate of Rev. I. H. McBride in 1931 and was completed by Rev. H. J. Kinsey in 1932. 

     The Congregation continued to grow with the following leaders:  Rev. Edwards in 1934; Rev. Wood in 1949; Rev. I.J. Washington in 1936; Rev. Harrison in 1950; Rev.  T. D. Debase in 1939; Rev. John Grover in 1953; Rev. S. E. James in 1941; Rev  Gaines 1956; Rev. Ziegler in 1944; Rev. Harris in 1958; Rev. Waylon Jennings 1946; Rev. Rev. McCoy in 1959; Rev. Livingston in          1947; Rev. Brown in 1961; Rev. Hudson in 1948; Rev. Bruno in 1963; Rev. I. Jerome Robinson was appointed pastor in 1699. Under his leadership in 1972, the congregation decided to relocate to the corner of Harrison Street and South Disston Avenue.; the third Mt. Moriah was built on this site. Rev. A. Z. Rust in 1979; Rev. Curtis Jackson was appointed pastor in 1981. In 1986, the Sanctuary was severely damaged by fire during a lightning storm.  Through our hard work, prayers, faith  and the leadership of Rev. Jackson, we marched into the fourth and present Sanctuary in September 1991.