Gene Sapakoff, Sports Writer, Post and Courier:   “The CLF prayer breakfast is so wonderful, one of the great examples of Charleston coming together and the Lowcountry at its best. The focus on mentoring spreads every year and that’s a tribute to the heart and spirit of Charleston.”

 Paul Heinauer, President, glasspro:   “The Charleston Prayer Breakfast has been a blessing to me and my guests. It is a great day having people from all walks of life- politicians, businessmen and women, and religious leaders from all different Christian denominations- declaring Jesus Christ as our Lord. It inspires us all to be a “light” to the world.”

Priscilla A. Roper, Director of Human Resources, CMCI:   “Allowing our employees to attend the annual prayer breakfast has been a great way to express our commitment to the purpose of the Charleston Leadership Foundation.  We believe in this wonderful project and the blessings it has brought to others.“

Quotes from Sponsors:

 Jim Stelling, President, General Environment Laboratories:   “I look forward to the prayer breakfast every year for many reasons.  Not only do I enjoy the message that the guest speaker delivers, the breakfast also allows our citizens, diverse in many many ways, to come together in a quiet, peaceful and respectful setting. The bond created by worshipping together creates a powerful source of good and strength for our community.”

Wayne Huizenga, Jr., Interview, Part 1

Wayne Huizenga, Jr., is President of Huizenga Holdings, Inc., a diversified company that owns the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League and Dolphin Stadium in South Florida and manages billions of dollars of investments in real estate, marinas, and boat-related businesses.

Wayne, you came to know Jesus as Lord in 2001. How did that impact your life?

I had no idea what I was in for when I fell to my knees at this church I’d never been to. I was crying like one of my children! I used to go to a lot of parties, and often I would wake up with a hangover and heartache.

A wonderful mentor told me, “You feel that way because Christ wants to live inside you more fully through the Holy Spirit.” After my conversion, when I became president of our holdings company, I remember him saying, “You have an incredible opportunity to start fresh with Christ. Let everybody know what you stand for and that you believe these are God’s assets.” Read more-

If we’ve learned anything from the controversy over the May 6 National Day of Prayer, recently declared unconstitutional by a federal judge in Wisconsin, it may be that religion prompts disagreement, lots of it.

And when it comes to the politics of religion, little is more divisive than the perennial argument about the First Amendment and what it does or doesn’t allow.

So it comes as no surprise that when U.S. District Judge Barbara Crabb wrote that the government cannot “use its authority to try to influence an individual’s decision whether and when to pray,” the outcry was immediate and loud.

The offense to some people of faith was exacerbated when evangelist Franklin Graham, who described Islam as “a very evil and wicked religion” in 2001 and has continued to criticize the religion in the years since, was uninvited to a Pentagon Prayer Day. The military justified the move by asserting its inclusiveness and declaring its “appreciation of all faiths.”

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