The head of a new organization sponsoring next week’s National Prayer Breakfast said the event is returning to its low-key, bipartisan roots.
The annual gathering, which began in 1953 with President Eisenhower attending, was sponsored by the International Foundation for a number of years and grew to a gathering of thousands at the Washington Hilton.
Since its founding, every president has attended the event, and it’s expected President Biden will attend this year as well. Both the Rev. Margaret Grun Kibben and the Rev. Barry C. Black, respectively the chaplains of the House and Senate of Representatives, are also due to participate.