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A major Christian advocacy group in the U.K. has launched a prayer campaign in response to looming government legislation aimed at banning what is derisively referred to as “conversion therapy.” If such as ban goes into effect, it might also prohibit clergy from praying for people struggling with same-sex attraction. 

Kevin Lemons, Vocal Director of the Higher Calling Choir. *“My nephew…wrote the song,” said Kevin Lemons, a well known choir/vocal director in Atlanta, about the new single “For Your Good” (HezHouse/RCA Inspiration) from Kevin Lemons and Higher Calling. “It’s about being tested and tried and being disappointed…about coming out that.” Lemons’ Higher Calling choir started out with 50 members from his fathers’ church, and now it consist of o...

By David Paulsen Posted Feb 4, 2021 Washington Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde, right, recites prayers at the first Way of the Cross station March 21, 2013, in Lafayette Square in Washington, D.C. Budde, joined by Connecticut Bishop Suffragan James Curry, left, and Connecticut Bishop Ian Douglas, was part of a procession against violence months after the massacre of students and teachers at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. Photo: Mary Frances Schjonberg/Episcopal News Service [E...

6221989543001 As a college senior, Dacari Middlebrooks got a dreadful call. His best friend had been murdered. This led to three years of violent nightmares when finally, one of his seminary professors suggested therapy. Middlebrooks rejected the advice flat-out. "I said, I appreciate your suggestion but black people dont go to counseling—we just pray about it," he told CBN News. Middlebrooks is part of a growing number of Americans suffering from mental health issues.   The National Allianc...