A Christian doctor in the United Kingdom who often prayed with his patients is under investigation and could lose his job for the spiritual practice. 

Richard Scott, a 58-year-old general practitioner, often prays with patients who suffer from depression, anxiety or addition, The Sunday Times reported. 

But the General Medical Council (GMC), an organization that oversees and licenses doctors, is now investigating Scott based on a complaint from a patient who reportedly felt uncomfortable and vulnerable by his praying. NHS England, which leads the National Health Service system, also is investigating him.

“They are kowtowing to aggressive secularism,” he told the newspaper. “Public safety is what they are there for [but] they are suddenly turned it into a big case.” 

Scott serves at Bethesda Medical Centre in the town of Margate, about 80 miles east of London.

The U.K.-based National Secular Society (NSS) had told the General Medical Council in May that a “highly vulnerable” patient felt “discomfort at the use of prayer,” The Telegraph newspaper reported. The NSS complaint said Scott was warned previously about “expressing his religious beliefs in a way that distressed a ‘psychologically troubled’ patient.”

Scott maintains that his actions benefit patients. 

“The NSS is obviously gunning for me – and would like me to lose my job because…

(RNS) — The head of the largest Hispanic evangelical Christian network in the United States announced it will offer to work with the Trump administration to provide resources and shelter to migrant children crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.

Speaking during a call with reporters Monday (July 1), the Rev. Samuel Rodriguez, president of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference, said his organization plans to launch a campaign to offer aid to immigrant children held in detention centers at the border.

The effort, which organizers are calling the “For His Children” campaign, will involve sending “shipments and cargo and truckloads of resources to the border,” including shoes, clothing and hygiene products, Rodriguez said.

“We have boots on the ground literally now working with our current administration in addressing some of the needs of these children coming over,” he said.

When a Religion News Service reporter asked if the campaign would involve churches providing shelter or foster homes for migrant children crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, Rodriguez said yes.

“That’s part of what we have in the rollout of the campaign,” he said. “It’s part of it.” 

It was not immediately clear how many — or which — children the group might be able to take in. No details were available about what kind of government approval the process…

A huge group of demonstrators stormed Hong Kong’s legislative building in protest against a new extradition bill which would see criminals face prosecution in mainland China. Many Christians have felt in fear for their lives in light of the now-suspended bill, due to China having some of the most restrictive religious freedom laws on earth.

A couple of weeks ago, powerful images emerged showing Christians singing worship song “Sing Hallelujah to the Lord” both in protest against the threat of a what is widely seen as a potential move to full Chinese rule, and also in a bid to protect themselves from prosecution.

“According to the law, any religious assemblies in public areas are not considered as illegal, so if people sing hymns together, it could actually work as a protection and guarantee that [they] stay safe,” Edwin Chow, acting president of the Hong Kong Federation of Catholic Students, told the BBC.

“Therefore people started to sing this song to protect themselves.”

Yesterday, however, there were far more chaotic scenes, with huge groups of protesters storming into the government buildings, painting graffiti on the walls and even draping the front lectern in a British Hong Kong flag used during the colonial period. 

Hong Kong was previously a member of the British Colonies, before being handed back to the…

The Evangelical Covenant Church voted to defrock a pastor in Minneapolis and expel his church for allowing gay marriage.

Rev. Dan Collison was voted out of his position by a 77 percent vote at the Evangelical Covenant Church’s annual meeting in Nebraska last week.

The church Collison pastored, First Covenant Church, was expelled from the denomination.

“I feel grounded in the path we have chosen,” Collison told reporters. “I feel grateful for the pastors and churches who stood up for us. I feel compassion to those caught in the middle.”

Collison became the church’s pastor in 2009. The ECC says the church can keep operating in its building, but it will not be under the ECC umbrella. The church has said Collison will continue serving as lead pastor.

The decision to defrock Collison came after a First Covenant staff member officiated the wedding of two women from the church worship band in 2014. The ceremony took place off-site.

According to ABC News, the church had also displayed a “love all” statement at the church, saying that members of the LGBTQ community were welcome to participate and to serve at the church.

The church had also said that it offered wedding services “to all in our congregation without regard for ability, race, sex, gender identity or sexual orientation.”

The ECC also voted Friday to remove a retired Michigan…