President Dwight Eisenhower at the annual National Prayer Breakfast in Washington on Feb. 2, 1956. AP Photo On the morning of February 2, 2017, more than 3,500 political leaders, military chiefs ...

The National Prayer Breakfast has grown steadily over the years – from 400 attendees to close to 4,000. The presence of the U.S. president has made the event a draw for leaders worldwide and ...

This Is How the National Prayer Breakfast Got Its Start 4 minute read Rev. Billy Graham and President John F. Kennedy at a National Prayer Breakfast, Feb. 9, 1961.

For its entire 70-year history, the National Prayer Breakfast has been hosted by the mysterious International Foundation, or Fellowship Foundation, which is known colloquially as “The Family ...

President Donald Trump veered off script at the start of the National Prayer Breakfast Thursday when he asked a room full of lawmakers, foreign dignitaries and religious leaders to pray for Arnold ...

It was perhaps Conrad Hilton—the hotelier who would go on to host the first-ever National Prayer Breakfast in 1953—who summed it up best. During the Cold War years of the early 1950s, faith ...

According to one public account, Chick-fil-A founder Truett Cathy attended the U.S. National Prayer Breakfast in 2004. Although Chick-fil-A said Burchfield no longer serves in his capacity as a ...

Prayer reminds us that God, not human rulers, governs history. Prayer at the US National Prayer Breakfast is more than a ceremonial tradition; it is a profound act of faith, an appeal to a living ...

Vargas has a history of participating in Family events — including prayer breakfast spinoffs overseas — that were run by anti-LGBTQ+ advocates and explicitly used to promote right-wing causes.

President Trump delivered a God-and-country-infused speech Thursday at the National Prayer Breakfast, appealing to Americans who believe in Christian nationalism — the belief that God has a ...