The National Prayer Breakfast, to be held this year on February 6 in Washington, is not normally known as a source of controversy.

According to its stated vision, the annual event seeks to “promote and share the idea of gathering together in the Spirit of Jesus of Nazareth, adopted by the Senate and House Prayer Breakfast Groups in the United States Congress.” It also seeks to provide a platform where not only Christians but “people of diverse backgrounds and beliefs can join together, encourage and promote forgiveness and reconciliation.”

Congress itself sought to maintain the breakfast’s status as a bipartisan, spiritual, and uplifting event in 2023 by taking control of the event away from the International Foundation, a secretive evangelical Christian group that ran the gathering for decades.

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