MARYSVILLE — In the beginning, it sounded simple: Start each meeting with a nondenominational prayer to promote harmony on the city council. But since the practice began in January, the ecumenical ...

The Phoenix City Council voted Wednesday to replace a longstanding tradition of prayer before meetings with a moment of silence prayer, preventing an address by a group with "Satan" in its name and ...

WASHINGTON — It happens every week at meetings in towns, counties and cities nationwide. A lawmaker or religious leader leads a prayer before officials begin the business of zoning changes, contract ...

For as long as anyone can remember, the St. Tammany Parish Council has prayed before their meetings, with a council member leading a brief Christian prayer before the legislative body turns to ...

The prayer was for brotherhood, peace, courage and guidance — not dissimilar from the dozens of other prayers given before Sedgwick County Commission meetings this year. There was one key difference, ...

Fruita City Council will have a moment of silent reflection at the beginning of each regular city council meeting after a request from Mayor Joel Kincaid to open meetings with prayer prompted a ...

The practice in some Southern communities of starting school board meetings with Christian prayers may have to be halted, following a ruling by a federal appeals court prohibiting a South Carolina ...

BLANCHARD — The tradition of prayer at the start of city council meetings will continue, but with some technical changes, the mayor said at the Blanchard City Council meeting Tuesday night. Since ...

Pastor Mike Metzger, right, of First Bible Baptist Church, leads a moment of prayer March 14 at the start of the Greece Town Board meeting in Greece, N.Y. The Supreme Court said Monday that prayers ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ALLIANCE, Ohio (WJW) — Members of Stark ...