National Prayer Breakfast
How Hakeem Jeffries’ Black Baptist upbringing and deep-rooted faith shapes his House leadership
By Darren Sands — February 28, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) — For Jeffries, 53, his leadership in the House traces back to his formative days growing up and serving at Cornerstone, a historically Black congregation which he still attends.
At National Prayer Breakfast, Biden speaks of praying, working for peace
By Adelle M. Banks — February 1, 2024
(RNS) — ‘We're all blessed to live in a nation where we can practice our many faiths and practice them freely,’ Biden said at the U.S. Capitol’s Statuary Hall.
Biden tells dueling prayer breakfasts that ‘diversity is one of our greatest strengths’
By Adelle M. Banks — February 2, 2023
(RNS) — Biden’s remarks occurred on the day when there were two events instead of one to mark the tradition of prayer gatherings of Congress and the U.S. president.
A new vision for the National Prayer Breakfast
By Paul Brandeis Raushenbush — February 2, 2023
(RNS) — Will the new organizers of this annual event embrace our founding principle of freedom of belief for all?
National Prayer Breakfast breaks from ‘The Family’ with new organization
By Jack Jenkins and Adelle M. Banks — January 25, 2023
(RNS) — Critics are questioning whether the change is a full departure from the past or merely cosmetic.
We need to depoliticize prayer
By Katie Greenan — February 10, 2022
(RNS) — Politicians have made prayer a commonplace tactic to manipulate audiences.
At National Prayer Breakfast, Biden calls for unity
By Jack Jenkins — February 3, 2022
(RNS) — President Joe Biden took advantage of a smaller, more intimate setting to reach out to his political adversaries.
Sen. Chris Coons: This year’s National Prayer Breakfast is a ‘reset’
By Jack Jenkins — February 2, 2022
WASHINGTON (RNS) — The gathering, which typically draws a sprawling crowd of guests from all over the world, will be limited this year to members of Congress, speakers and spouses.
Biden, former presidents urge Americans to forgive and unite at National Prayer Breakfast
By Bob Smietana — February 4, 2021
(RNS) — Former Presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter called for unity and forgiveness during the National Prayer Breakfast. Donald Trump was notably absent.
National Prayer Breakfast organizers hope prayer can unify nation in divided times
By Bob Smietana — February 3, 2021
(RNS) — Despite a raging pandemic and political divides, the National Prayer Breakfast goes on.
National Prayer Breakfast will be virtual in 2021 due to COVID-19
By Bob Smietana — December 17, 2020
(RNS) — Every president since Dwight Eisenhower has attended the National Prayer Breakfast, which will go virtual in 2021 for the first time due to COVID-19.
How Romney and Pelosi used their faith to resist Trump
By Emma Petty Addams, Jennifer Butler, and Jennifer Walker Thomas — February 14, 2020
(RNS) — We can follow their example to stop supporting candidates who use faith as a means to consolidate power, influence or money.
Trump, prayer and the faithful voter’s gut check
By Eva Kendrick — February 6, 2020
(RNS) — As President Donald Trump addresses the National Prayer Breakfast, faithful voters across America are facing a values gut check, one that puts the president’s platitudes and inhumane policies into stark relief, writes Eva Kendrick.
Loving your enemies is not easy, say National Prayer Breakfast speakers
By Bob Smietana — February 6, 2020
WASHINGTON (RNS) — Speakers at the National Prayer Breakfast, which organizers said drew about 4,000 people, urged attendees to love their enemies and not allow contempt to divide the nation.
Trump takes jabs at political opponents during National Prayer Breakfast
By Jack Jenkins — February 6, 2020
WASHINGTON (RNS) — 'I don’t like people who use faith for justification for doing that they know is wrong, nor do I like people who say 'I pray for you' when they know that is not so,' Trump said.
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