Last month, longtime Harvey Cedars Mayor Jonathan Oldham had planned to seek another four-year term on the Harvey Cedars Borough Commission. But that all changed when the Harvey Cedars Bible Conference, of which he has been executive director for 28 years, came up as a hot-button topic at a recent borough taxpayers association general membership meeting.

“I had decided to run one more term until politics brought the conference into the conversation and spotlight,” said Oldham.