Partisan political overtones may be the least of the breakfast’s problems.
in 2018, when discussing Butina’s indictment and the prayer breakfast. “I can tell you right now, everybody in that room has the same agenda. They’re wanting to be able to rub elbows with somebody that they normally couldn’t rub elbows with.”“Listen, the gays, they do everything they can to get their politicians into office, and they have every right to do that,” he added. “And I’m just saying, we, as Christians, we have every right to have the Christian voice in office.
In any event, no one is outrightly saying that the prayer breakfast has been cleaved in two because of the potential for foreign influence.When asked by Slate why Congress was splitting with the Family on the breakfast, Republican Sen. James Lankford, the vice chairman of the Senate ethics committee, insisted the change was a matter of simple practicalities. “When you’re going to the Washington Hilton, that’s a long way across town to be able to get there and get back,” he said.
Lankford said that criticism of the event had actually stemmed from false rumors of out-of-control lobbying. But “when you get 2,000 people in Washington D.C., there’s going to be a lobbyist in the room,” he said. “There’s no real controversy in the background on this.
declares. Participants “are united in believing that by looking to the life of Jesus, people of diverse backgrounds and beliefs can join together, encourage and promote forgiveness and reconciliation.”The website further declares that “since 1953, The National Prayer Breakfast has united leaders, friends, and attendees across the political spectrum for one, simple purpose—prayer.”
The National Prayer Breakfast initially emerged from a national movement of prayer breakfasts that began with a man named Abraham Vereide, a Methodist minister. According to Kevin M. Kruse,its origins were political from the start. Vereide had been part of a movement called Christian Libertarianism, which opposed the New Deal and labor radicalism and framed that opposition as a religious one.
日本 最新ニュース, 日本 見出し
Similar News:他のニュース ソースから収集した、これに似たニュース記事を読むこともできます。
Gracie Hunt, daughter of Chiefs owner, shares prayer as team readies for Super Bowl LVIIGracie Hunt, the daughter of Kansas City Chiefs owner Clark Hunt, posted a prayer to her Twitter account on Monday as the team won the AFC Championship.
続きを読む »
Christian 'prayer warriors' raise alarm over Boston's SatanCon 2023: 'Using the supernatural'Christian group Intercessors for America is planning to push back against The Satanic Temple's SatanCon, which is being touted as 'the largest satanic gathering in history.'
続きを読む »
Dunleavy celebrates historic re-election with inaugural prayer banquetGov. Mike Dunleavy celebrates a historic re-election and speaks on his focus for the next four years in office.
続きを読む »
Bon Jovi’s ‘Livin’ On a Prayer’ Video Joins YouTube’s Billion-Views ClubBon Jovi’s 'Livin’ On a Prayer' video has joined YouTube's Billion Views Club.
続きを読む »