OUR HISTORY

The annual Santa Barbara Community Prayer Breakfast traces its origins to 1958. It was called the Mayor's Prayer Breakfast, and was modeled after the Washington, C.D. President's Prayer Breakfast, which first occurred in 1953. The initial Santa Barbara Prayer Breakfast resulted from the vision and leadership of local real estate developer, Bill Alexander, who stayed actively involved in the breakfast until 1998.

For more than 25 years, the Mayor of Santa Barbara was the sponsor of the breakfast, annually sending out invitation letters which informed the public that tickets to the breakfast could be obtained at City Hall, the County administration building, and from the Chamber of Commerce.

In 1985, the breakfast had a new name, the Community Prayer Breakfast, and a new sponsor, the Christian Business Men's Committee of Santa Barbara. That group of Santa Barbara men has continued to sponsor the breakfast to the present date.

Our Purpose

The purpose of the Santa Barbara Community Prayer Breakfast is through the grace of God, to encourage morality and ethics in the lives of the people in positions of leadership in business, in government, and in the professions.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS

George Armstrong

John Davies

Kent Englert

Phillip E. Gulley

David K. Hughes

Jim Langley

Tom Reed

George Sampanis

Reed Spangler

Andrew Tricerri

Frank Umanzio

Administrative & Event Support

Cheri Bode

MISSION STATEMENT

The mission of The Christian Business Men's Connection is to present the Annual Community Prayer Breakfast with the intent of showing the reality of God's love for us, and the simplicity of attaining eternal life in His presence.

A full house at the 2014 Santa Barbara Community Prayer Breakfast.