Moriah Aman, Cwmaman was a Welsh Independent (Congregationalist) chapel in Fforchaman Road,

Cwmaman Cwmaman () is a former coal mining village near Aberdare, Wales. The name is Welsh for "Aman Valley" and the River Aman flows through the village. Cwmaman literally means: valley of the river Aman. It lies in the valley of several mountains. Wit ...

Rhondda Cynon Taf Rhondda Cynon Taf (; RCT; also spelt as Rhondda Cynon Taff) is a county borough in the south-east of Wales. It consists of five valleys: the Rhondda Fawr, Rhondda Fach, Cynon, Taff (Welsh: ''Taf'') and Ely valleys, plus a number of towns and vil ...

, Wales.

Foundation and early history

The cause at Moriah Aman was established in 1853 on the initiative of the Rev. John Davies, minister of

Saron, Aberaman Saron was a Wales, Welsh Independent (Congregational church, Congregationalist) chapel in Davies Street, Aberaman, Wales, formed as an initiative of the David Price, (Welsh Independent minister), David Price of Siloa, Aberdare, soon after the devel ...

. It was originally a

Sunday School A Sunday school is an educational institution, usually (but not always) Christian in character. Other religions including Buddhism, Islam, and Judaism have also organised Sunday schools in their temples and mosques, particularly in the West. Su ...

with prayer meetings being held later in local houses. The first chapel was opened on 2 October 1855 with 27 members being transferred from the mother church at Saron.

Later history

A new chapel opened in 1893 had searing for 650 people with the gallery accommodating 250. Membership was 435 in 1905. In 1908, the members of Moriah Aman supported the actions of the church at Bethlehem,

Abercwmboi Abercwmboi is a village in the Welsh county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf in Wales, United Kingdom. Location Abercwmboi is one of the last remaining villages in the Cynon Valley. It has retained its identity and not been developed as have many o ...

in expelling members who supported the New Theology ideas of R.J. Campbell. Moriah Aman eventually closed in 1988. In 1995 the building was refurbished as a

Pentecostal church Pentecostalism or classical Pentecostalism is a Protestant Charismatic Christian movement

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Entry at Coflein
{{coord, 51.6870, -3.4408, display=title Chapels in Rhondda Cynon Taf