In 1953, the International Christian Leadership Group first sponsored the First Annual Presidential Prayer Breakfast, or National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C.  Every year, this event brings men and women together to seek Divine guidance for our leadership and to reaffirm our faith.  Communities throughout the nation have followed this tradition by establishing their own Mayor's Prayer Breakfast or Leadership Prayer Breakfast.  Over twenty years ago, Stockton began its own Mayor's Prayer Breakfast.  In 1995, the name of the event was changed to the "San Joaquin Prayer Breakfast" to more properly reflect the extent of its outreach.