A member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints said Wednesday's invocation at the 2016 Republican National Convention.

Nathan Johnson, whose identifier in the RNC schedule is "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints," is the second counselor in the Kirtland Ohio Stake Presidency where he has served since 2009, according to the LDS Church News archives.

President Nathan Johnson, Second Counselor in the Kirtland Ohio Stake Presidency, will be giving the opening prayer at... Posted by Friends of the Kirtland Ohio Stake on Monday, July 18, 2016

Johnson, a native of Cleveland, wasn't the first member of the LDS church to pray at the RNC. Kenneth Hutchins, a 71-year-old retired police chief and convert to the LDS faith, gave the opening prayer on the last day of the 2012 convention.

The LDS Church encourages its members to be active in the political process, but as an institution maintains a stance of political neutrality.

In his prayer, Johnson asked for a blessing on the leaders of the nation that "they may have wisdom and humility as they serve."

"And Father, we pray for healing. Healing for our society. Healing for the family. Even that healing that comes through the atonement of Jesus Christ. We pray that he who is the great physician may mend our division and contention and bring us peace in our world, in our communities and in our homes," he prayed.

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