Many governing bodies have a system in place to select community members to deliver an invocation or say a prayer at regular meetings, rarely sparking the outrage recently directed at the Alabama ...

The mayor here will be the ex-mayor by year’s end if residents angry over rules for prayers at Sturgis City Commission meetings have their way. A St. Joseph County panel ruled this week that ...

[T]here was a prayer said in Groton before town meeting, but it wasn’t said without protest. In fact, the time set aside for a religious invocation started with a comment from a resident who ...

Pastor Roger Spradlin of Valley Baptist Church in Bakersfield gave the opening invocation Thursday before members of the House of Representatives Thursday in Washington, D.C. He prayed for wisdom, ...

ROWLETT - A three-year disagreement over prayer at Rowlett City Council meetings is quickly broadening. The council's practice of starting meetings with an invocation has drawn dozens of public ...

A Christian County Library Board trustee's proposal to open meetings with an invocation failed to gain a second. Public comment at the meeting was supportive of the proposal, while prior social media ...

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TALLADEGA — The Sunday congregations at Union Hill Baptist Church vary. Not by much, between 80 and 95 people will show up for the worship services, pastor Rob Lightsey said. On a good Sunday, ...