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.
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. âMy nephewâ¦wrote the song,â said Kevin Lemons, a well known choir/vocal director in Atlanta, about the new single
âFor Your Goodâ (HezHouse/RCA Inspiration) from
Kevin Lemons and Higher Calling. âItâs about being tested and tried and being disappointedâ¦about coming out that.â
Lemonsâ Higher Calling choir started out with 50 members from his fathersâ church, and now it consist of over 70 powerhouse-singers. After many years of directing the Higher Calling choir vocals, Kevin was contacted by Grammy Award winning Bishop Hezekiah Walker about signing to this new record label HezHouse, distributed by RCA Inspiration. The âFor Your Goodâ single is off of their 3
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
[Episcopal News Service] Many Episcopal bishops, priests and deacons feel called by faith to bear public witness on issues of the day, but few have been as prominent or outspoken in recent years as Diocese of Washington Bishop Mariann Budde. As the top Episcopal leader in the nation’s capital, Budde hasn’t been shy in calling for federal policies that reflect Jesus’ call to care “for the least of these.”
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 don t 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 Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) reports that one in five adults experience some type of mental illness every year.
Despite Middlebrook s initial resistance, he eventually made his way to a therapist and it changed his life.