Since 1869, Ocean Grove has closed its privately owned Jersey Shore beach for religious observation on Sunday mornings. Now, the OGCMA has been ordered by the state to open it for the summer.

Michael Badger, President of Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association shows the reconstructed Ocean Grove pier in Ocean Grove, NJ on Thursday Mar. 9, 2023.

Hundreds of sun-worshipers flocked to an Ocean Grove, NJ, beach for the first time in 155 years Sunday morning -- after state officials ordered the Christian sect that owns the sandy stretch to ...

Residents of Ocean Grove say the Camp Meeting Association has become more zealous in its display of its religious beliefs and the open dialogue they once had with its leaders has broken down.

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The NJDEP served a Notice of Violation to the private Christian community Ocean Grove, New Jersey, for continuing to close its beach on Sunday mornings in the summer for worship.

The state DEP says the Ocean Grove can't restrict access to the beach from the boardwalk on Sunday mornings. Ocean Grove leaders say they can.

State officials sent a violation notice to the Ocean Grove landowners’ group banning beach use on Sunday morning by restricting boardwalk access.

Next week, a New Jersey court will wrestle with the beach closure and whether the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association, which owns the property, has the right to impose religiously motivated ...

The Christian community in Ocean Grove, N.J., is challenging a state order that has compelled it to let its beach be used on Sunday mornings.

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