Reply #7: "National Prayer Breakfast" was STARTED by The Family.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Vereide

Abraham Vereide (October 7, 1886 - May 16, 1969) was a Norwegian-born Methodist clergyman and founder of Goodwill Industries of Seattle. In 1935, Vereide founded the prayer breakfast movement in the United States. In 1942, Vereide established International Christian Leadership, incorporated as Fellowship Foundation ("THE FAMILY"), in Chicago as the middle United States headquarters for his prayer breakfast and prayer cell planting ministry. He was the executive director of this until his death. In 1953, Vereide started the Presidential Prayer Breakfast, which would become known as the National Prayer Breakfast.

Factoid: According to Sharlet, Eisenhower strongly disliked the "National Prayer Breakfast" idea on the basis of its blurring of the lines between Church and State...