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More than 1,900 years ago, Jesus invited His friends to join Him on the shore of the Sea of Tiberias. At this gathering Jesus demonstrated His resurrection and the continuity of His presence with them following His crucifixion, and confirmed the reality of a promise made earlier, “Where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.” It was at this gathering that Peter was reconciled to Jesus as they expressed their love for each other.
Inspired by this account, the breakfast groups began with a meeting of nineteen business executives in Seattle, Washington, in April 1935. They were gathered together to face a critical situation in the life of their city. As they continued to meet regularly, a new purpose for living was recognized — being agents of reconciliation in personal, business and community life. They also began to work together to help the poor and oppressed in Seattle. New power came as men believed and obeyed God.
Over the months and years that followed, as they told others how much this small group meant to them, other breakfast groups were started throughout the United States. In 1942, in Washington, DC, breakfast leadership/fellowship groups were founded in the United States Senate and House of Representatives. Today, this simple idea of people meeting together for mutual encouragement and fellowship in order to find “the better way” has spread to over a hundred and seventy countries on every continent.
With the Spirit of Jesus at the center, this ancient idea has spread spontaneously and at an incredibly rapid rate to meet the long-felt spiritual need of men and women at all levels of society in our modern world. People are finding understanding, confidence and hope for the future through a deepening relationship with God and in discovering the secret of true brotherhood with their fellowmen.