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Greenlawn congregation battles over church

The doors of the Bethesda Wesleyan Church were locked Sunday, as were the gates to the property. A lone security guard stood watch outside.

For the Greenlawn church, it was the second straight Sunday that a long-running dispute with the congregation's district leaders in Pennsylvania prevented services in the little two-story church on Lawn Street.

So, on a soggy Sunday morning, about...

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