Dr. Khan

Dr. Amir Khan

Aughtney and Amir Khan have been married since July 28, 1979. They have three children, nine grandchildren and one great grandchild. Khan’s father was a physician that provided an array of medical services to the underserved in the City of Camden for 51 years. Embracing the values and work ethic of Dr. Khan, has led Amir to having a successful background in creating and developing organizations and environments that foster the best in people. In addition to Khan’s family, his life revolves around pastoring, pioneering, government, and entrepreneurialism. The effective use of interpersonal skills, leadership, and innovation have created a history, past and present, of significant achievement across marketplace boundaries, political parties, and religious affiliations. Along with pastoring Solid Rock Church for 21 years, Amir was the owner or KPBA radio station, Gloryland bowling alley, APC printing, and Excel communications, the largest cell phone company in the country at that time. Amir is the president and founder of New Beginning’s which has a mandate of restoring honor and dignity to the city of Camden’s homeless. With a food truck and Motorhome, they offer hot showers, a warm meal and the ability to wash their clothes. New Beginnings also has a 45 acre camp in Millville New Jersey which consists of five buildings, fishing, boating, pool, basketball courts, miniature golf, volleyball, tennis and much more. This outreach ministry is called New Beginnings at Camp Cedar Knoll and is a Long term, Drug And Alcohol recovery center. Amir is also the president and founder of the MLK House of Camden NJ. On June 11, 1950, Martin Luther King Jr., Walter McCall and two friends were refused service and thrown out of Mary’s Café in Maple Shade New Jersey and threatened by the owner with a gun because of the color of their skin. Dr. King often stayed in Camden at 753 Walnut St with his best friend Walter McCall while he was a student at Crozer Theological Seminary in nearby Chester Pennsylvania. Martin used a newly enacted New Jersey state anti-discrimination law which led to the arrest of the café owner. Dr. King would refer to this incident as the pivotal moment that inspired and ultimately led to his position in the civil rights movement. King would years later testify before a Senate Subcommittee that this incident inspired him to go into civil rights activism. It marked the first combination of legal action and nonviolent civil disobedience that King would make as the hallmark of the movement he led. Statesman John Lewis visited the house and declared “This piece of historic real estate must be saved for generations yet unborn" The house is being converted over to the Dr Martin Luther King Center for Social Justice.