The 45th staging of the National Leadership Prayer Breakfast (NLPB) will take place on Thursday (January 16), at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel.

Since its inception in 1981, the NLPB has served as a pivotal event fostering unity, fellowship, and spiritual reflection among the nation’s leaders, promoting shared values and a vision for national progress.

At the online media launch held on January 7, Reverend Sam McCook, chairman of the NLPB committee, underscored the event’s enduring importance, which will be themed ‘Righteousness Exalts A Nation’ this year.

“This initiative is an attempt by the Church, through the National Leadership Prayer Breakfast committee, to call us to a higher living – to say that in our respective spaces to live righteously. This is an opportunity to bring our leaders together, to reflect on their roles, and for us to collectively pray for them,” he said.

As part of its commitment to impactful community engagement, the NLPB announced the 2025 outreach project, which will focus on supporting The Tegwyn House, a special unit at the Jamaica National Children’s Home that cares for children who have severe mental and physical disabilities and need 24-hour care. 

Dr Peter Garth of the Hope Gospel Assembly noted the necessity of the church’s role in the development of Jamaica’s children.

Reflecting on the positive impact of the 2024 outreach initiative, Garth remarked, “I am very excited to speak on the Educate and Elevate Programme because of the success stories behind our programme. Last year, we distributed 1039 backpacks with supplies.” This distribution, he mentioned, takes place across communities that are economically challenged and a rural parish, last year being Clarendon. 

In addition to the offering that was collected, the VM Foundation made a valuable donation of $500,000. “You have blessed many children and will bless two students at the Edna Manley College of Arts,” said Garth when highlighting the strong support received from the VM Group.

Programme recipient Arianna Morrison, a student of the Immaculate Conception High School, shared, “This change-making initiative has carried students throughout their primary, secondary and tertiary education, which has in turn, led to them becoming nation builders by this act of generosity.”

The event is made possible by the generous support of sponsors, including the VM Group, whose president and CEO, Courtney Campbell, stated, “The National Prayer Breakfast Committee has demonstrated faithfulness, diligence and steadfastness, and this leadership initiative has been good for Jamaica. I believe it has made a significant contribution to the building of our country.”

To mark the mutually beneficial relationship between the VM Group and NLPB, Campbell remarked, “The VM Group continues to be pleased in being associated with the National Leadership Prayer Breakfast. We are meeting the spiritual needs of our leaders.”