ATLANTA (AP) - A dispute at the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church
in Atlanta spilled into the street where a half-dozen parishioners
staged a protest.

The protesters object to the removal of the church's choir
director and demand the resignation of senior pastor the Rev.
Raphael Warnock.

On Sunday, the protesters held placards reading ``Warnock Lies''
and ``Bring Back Dr. Uzee Brown,'' the recently departed choir
director.

Protester Gloria Bell was briefly detained by a National Park
Service ranger who said Bell had refused to leave the sidewalk,
claiming she was standing on city property.

But the ranger told her it was federal property and issued her a criminal trespass warning. Warnock was cheered when he said any attempt to plant the``seeds of dissension in the church'' is the devil's work.

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