https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/for-the-love-of-community-profiling-hartford-pastor-aj-johnson/2229600

In a church in Hartford’s North End, you can find Pastor AJ Johnson on any given Sunday preaching the gospel, leading the congregation his father built.

“He believed the church should be so much more than just singing and dancing on a Sunday. It should change the community where it is.”

At the corner of Westland and Barbour streets in Hartford, Urban Hope Refuge Church became a haven for the neighborhood, especially after the riots of the 1960s set the city on a new course.

https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/calling-all-brothers-welcomes-hartford-students-back-to-school/3372177

Calling All Brothers welcomes Hartford students back to school

“Imagine Super Bowl weekend and your two best teams are playing, and you’re walking into the stadium, and it’s just energy. It’s electrifying, and it is a place that you want to be,” said Rev. AJ Johnson, with Calling All Brothers.

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