After having their sanctuary slammed into by cars twice in a six month period, St. John African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church in Newark officially reopened on Sunday, May 24, 2026.
The church sits at the intersection of East Cleveland Avenue and New London Road, but on two occasions – August, 2024, and January, 2025 – vehicles traveling at high rates of speed failed to make the slight curve at the intersection and plowed into the front of the structure, causing significant damage each time…