National Prayer Breakfast

==Speakers==
Each year several guest speakers visit the various events connected with the National Prayer Breakfast. However, the main event, the Thursday morning breakfast, typically has two special guest speakers: the [[President of the United States]] and a guest whose identity is kept confidential until that morning. Past keynote speakers include:
* 1973 U.S. Senator [[Mark Hatfield]] (R-OR)
* 1977 (25th Annual NPB) U.S. House Majority Leader [[Jim Wright|James Wright]] (D-TX)
* 1987 [[Elizabeth Dole]], [[United States Secretary of Transportation]]
* 1994 (42nd Annual NPB) [[Mother Teresa]]<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.priestsforlife.org/brochures/mtspeech.html |title = Whatsoever You Do... |type = speech |first = Mother Teresa |last = of Calcutta |place = Washington, DC |date = February 3, 1994 |access-date= 2009-04-28 |work=Priests for Life}}</ref> of Calcutta
* 1997 (45th Annual NPB) Dr. [[Ben Carson]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Zondervan Author Ben Carson Gives Keynote at 2013 National Prayer Breakfast |url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/zondervan-author-ben-carson-gives-keynote-at-2013-national-prayer-breakfast-190221831.html |website=PR Newswire |access-date=8 February 2013}}</ref> author, [[neurosurgeon]] and the Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery at [[Johns Hopkins Hospital]]
* 1998 (46th Annual NPB) U.S. Senator [[Connie Mack III]] (R-FL)
* 1999 (47th Annual NPB) [[Max Lucado]], author and pastor
* 2001 (49th Annual NPB) U.S. Senator [[Bill Frist]] (R-TN), physician, businessman, and politician
* 2005 (53rd Annual NPB) Ambassador [[Tony P. Hall]], U.S. Representative to the [[Food and Agriculture Organization|U.N. Agencies for Food and Agriculture]]
* 2006 (54th Annual NPB) [[Bono]],<ref>{{cite news |title= Transcript: Bono remarks at the National Prayer Breakfast | url= https://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-02-02-bono-transcript_x.htm | work = USA Today | date = 2006-02-02 | access-date= 2009-04-28}}</ref>  [[Republic of Ireland|Irish]] singer/songwriter and humanitarian
* 2007 (55th Annual NPB)  [[Francis Collins (geneticist)|Dr. Francis S. Collins]], director of the [[National Human Genome Research Institute]]
* 2008 (56th Annual NPB) [[Ward Brehm]],<ref name='Associated Press 2008-02-06'>{{cite news |first = Frederic |last = Frommer |title = Minnesotan to deliver keynote speech at National Prayer Breakfast |date = 2008-02-06 |newspaper = [[Star Tribune]] |url = http://www.startribune.com/local/15374266.html |access-date = 2009-04-28 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081010044419/http://www.startribune.com/local/15374266.html |archive-date = 2008-10-10 }}</ref> a Minnesotan who chairs the U.S.-[[African Development Foundation]]
* 2009 (57th Annual NPB) [[Tony Blair]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/8558 |title=Tony Blair addresses Obama's first annual National Prayer Breakfast |access-date=2009-04-28 |date= 2009-02-05 |website =[[Ekklesia (think tank)|Ekklesia]] }}</ref> former [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]]
* 2010 (58th Annual NPB) [[José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero]],<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/spain-us-diplomacy.29z/ |title=Spanish PM to speak at prayer breakfast in Washington: reports |date=2010-01-15 |website=EU business}}</ref> Prime Minister of Spain
* 2011 (59th Annual NPB) [[Randall Wallace]],<ref>{{Citation |url = http://www.rwfilm.com/news/randall-wallace-delivers-national-prayer-breakfast-keynote-address/ |title = Randall Wallace Delivers National Prayer Breakfast Keynote Address |website = Randall Wallace Online |date = February 3, 2011}}.</ref> Academy Award-Winning Motion Picture Producer/Writer/Director
* 2012 (60th Annual NPB) [[Eric Metaxas]],<ref>{{cite news |url = http://www.worldmag.com/webextra/19142 |title = No pious baloney |newspaper = World |date = February 2, 2012}}.</ref> author
* 2013 (61st Annual NPB) Dr. [[Ben Carson]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Zondervan Author Ben Carson Gives Keynote at 2013 National Prayer Breakfast |url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/zondervan-author-ben-carson-gives-keynote-at-2013-national-prayer-breakfast-190221831.html |website=PR Newswire |access-date=8 February 2013}}</ref> author, [[neurosurgeon]] and the Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery at [[Johns Hopkins Hospital]]
* 2014 (62nd Annual NPB) [[Rajiv Shah]],<ref>{{cite news |first=Leslie |last=Larson |title=The Obamas show their spiritual side at the National Prayer Breakfast |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/president-obama-national-prayer-breakfast-article-1.1604182 |newspaper=[[Daily News (New York)|NY Daily News]] |date=February 6, 2014 |access-date=February 6, 2014}}</ref> Administrator of the [[United States Agency for International Development|US Agency for International Development]]
* 2015 (63rd Annual NPB) [[Darrell Waltrip]],<ref>{{cite web |first=Nedra |last=Picker |title=#NationalPrayerBreakfast program |url=https://twitter.com/nedrapickler/status/563324367204253696 |date=February 5, 2015}}</ref> [[Fox Sports (United States)|Fox Sports]] broadcaster and inductee to the [[NASCAR Hall of Fame]].
* 2016 (64th Annual NPB) [[Mark Burnett]] and [[Roma Downey]],<ref>{{cite web |first=Laura |last=Koran |title=Obama at National Prayer Breakfast: 'Faith is the great cure for fear' |url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/04/politics/obama-national-prayer-breakfast/ |website=[[CNN]] |date=February 4, 2016 |access-date=February 4, 2016}}</ref> television producers
* 2017 (65th Annual NPB) [[Barry Black]],<ref>{{cite web |first=Dan |last=Merica |title=Trump at National Prayer Breakfast: 'Pray for Arnold' |url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/02/politics/donald-trump-national-prayer-breakfast/ |website=CNN |date=February 2, 2017 |access-date=February 2, 2017}}</ref> [[Chaplain of the United States Senate|chaplain of the US Senate]]
* 2018 (66th Annual NPB) U.S. Representative [[Steve Scalise]] (R-LA)<ref>{{cite news |first=Sarah Pulliam |last=Bailey |title=Trump's National Prayer Breakfast speech infused with God-and-country references |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2018/02/08/national-prayer-breakfast-to-feature-trump-and-rep-scalise-who-was-shot-at-gop-baseball-practice/ |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=February 8, 2018 |access-date=February 14, 2018}}</ref>
* 2019 (67th Annual NPB) [[Gary Haugen]],<ref>{{cite news |title=The Latest: Trump promises to always protect people of faith |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/the-latest-prayer-breakfast-speaker-laments-divisions/2019/02/07/c1ee83b2-2ae5-11e9-906e-9d55b6451eb4_story.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190209124608/https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/the-latest-prayer-breakfast-speaker-laments-divisions/2019/02/07/c1ee83b2-2ae5-11e9-906e-9d55b6451eb4_story.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 9, 2019 |newspaper=The Washington Post |agency=[[Associated Press|AP]] |date=February 7, 2019 |access-date=February 7, 2019}}</ref> CEO of [[International Justice Mission]]
*2020 (68th Annual NPB) [[Arthur C. Brooks]], author of ''Love Your Enemies''<ref name="Boorstein2020">{{Cite news |last=Boorstein |first=Michelle |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2020/02/06/hours-after-trumps-impeachment-acquittal-hell-address-thousands-christian-prayer-gathering/|title=At National Prayer Breakfast about unity, Trump swipes at Romney, Pelosi|date=February 6, 2020|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=February 7, 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200207020617/https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2020/02/06/hours-after-trumps-impeachment-acquittal-hell-address-thousands-christian-prayer-gathering/ |archive-date=February 7, 2020}}</ref>
*2022 (70th Annual NPB) [[Bryan Stevenson]], executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative<ref>{{Cite web |title=U.S. Senator Christopher Coons of Delaware |url=https://www.coons.senate.gov/news/press-releases/video-sen-coons-at-2022-national-prayer-breakfast-faith-is-a-call-to-see-and-to-address-injustice-in-our-nation-and-world |access-date=2023-01-29 |website=www.coons.senate.gov |language=en}}</ref>

Many of the past addresses by U.S. Presidents to the National Prayer Breakfast are available online.