A historic Black church in New Castle County, Delaware, is making a powerful comeback after two hit-and-run crashes left the sanctuary heavily damaged.
Founded in 1848, St. John African Methodist Church on New London Road is the oldest Black church in the city of Newark. Now, after a $300,000 rebuild, congregants are getting ready to worship in the sanctuary again for the first time in nearly two years.
“It took longer than some people thought we should, but it’s always in God’s time,” Pastor Blaine Hackett said. “We are stronger than ever because of the fact that we’re still standing.”…