Robin SmithTuesday morning, a large annual gathering of men and women from the region will line up for breakfast and assemble for a morning of inspiration and prayer at the Chattanooga Area Leadership Prayer Breakfast.
Founded by members of the Chattanooga Christian Business Men’s Connection, the event averages about 2,000 in attendance and, since 1978, has featured nationally known speakers and business leaders who offer words from experience, success, failure, perseverance and leadership, all drawn from the wells of their personal faith.
Past speakers of the Chattanooga Area Leadership Prayer Breakfast have included Chuck Colson, President Richard Nixon’s special counsel who founded Prison Fellowship; Adolph Coors IV; Interstate Batteries’ Norm Miller; and Two Men and a Truck founder Brig Sorber last year. The 2016 featured speaker is J. Frank Harrison III, chief executive officer and chairman of Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated.
What a timely event in our city. Unimaginable violence continues within our city limits; too many parents and children treat our schools like a day care facility; and too much value has been placed on politics rather than our institutions that have proven their worth, such as the family, the church and a supportive neighborhood.
So, Chattanooga, what are you praying for?