The inclusion of an invocation before council meetings is written into the city code and council bylaws, and Cook, who identifies as a Christian, has said he is not comfortable with it.

City councilors voted Wednesday to amend the Council Rules and Order of Business to remove the invocation before regular council meetings and replace it with a moment of “silent prayer or ...

The invocation prayers before Tulsa City Council meetings have been getting a lot of attention during the last few months. First, it was Gov. Kevin Stitt, State Superintendent Ryan Walters and ...

The Tulsa City Council is doing away with the opening invocation prayer after controversy sparked last year. Instead of an opening invocation, the council will now open their meeting with a moment ...

The Tulsa City Council will no longer have a prayer before its meetings. The decision came after a pagan woman gave the opening invocation last fall, which drew significant criticism. The council ...