{"id":58958,"date":"2025-01-05T14:06:50","date_gmt":"2025-01-05T14:06:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=58958"},"modified":"2025-01-05T14:06:50","modified_gmt":"2025-01-05T14:06:50","slug":"nathaniel-bassey-to-lead-worship-at-donald-trumps-inaugural-prayer-breakfast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/01\/05\/nathaniel-bassey-to-lead-worship-at-donald-trumps-inaugural-prayer-breakfast\/","title":{"rendered":"Nathaniel Bassey to Lead Worship at Donald Trump\u2019s Inaugural Prayer Breakfast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Alexis Uchendu<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Renowned Nigerian gospel artist and pastor Nathaniel Bassey has been invited to lead worship at the Presidential Inaugural Prayer Breakfast for U.S. President-elect Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>The event, a long-standing tradition, will be held on January 20, 2025, in Washington, D.C., just hours before Trump\u2019s swearing-in ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>Bassey, a celebrated worship leader from Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria, announced the invitation via Instagram, stating, &#8220;Let&#8217;s raise a sound in America. See you on January 20, 2025,&#8221; alongside a promotional banner for the event.<\/p>\n<p>The Presidential Inaugural Prayer Breakfast, a non-partisan, faith-based gathering, is held every four years to offer spiritual support for the incoming administration.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s edition, hosted by Reverend Merrie Turner, will take place at the Waldorf Astoria Presidential Ballroom in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<p>Among the notable speakers are Dr. Alveda King, civil rights activist and niece of Martin Luther King Jr., and Pastor Mario Bramnick, a prominent evangelical leader.<\/p>\n<p>The event is part of the formal proceedings leading up to the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance.<\/p>\n<p>Bassey, known globally for worship anthems like Imela, Onise Iyanu, and Olowogbogboro, has played a pivotal role in gospel music, particularly through his viral Hallelujah Challenge.<\/p>\n<p>His influence was further recognized in 2024 when the Mayor of Albany, New York, declared October 6 as \u201cPastor Nathaniel Bassey Day,\u201d honoring his contributions to ministry.<\/p>\n<p>His invitation to this high-profile event underscores his global impact on gospel music.<\/p>\n<p>The Presidential Inaugural Prayer Breakfast will serve as a spiritual prelude to the inauguration, reflecting the deep faith traditions often associated with U.S. presidential ceremonies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Alexis Uchendu Renowned Nigerian gospel artist and pastor Nathaniel Bassey has been invited to lead worship at the Presidential Inaugural Prayer Breakfast for U.S. President-elect Donald Trump. The event, a long-standing tradition, will be held on January 20, 2025, in Washington, D.C., just hours before Trump\u2019s swearing-in ceremony. Bassey, a celebrated worship leader from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":58959,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172,249],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-58958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-world-news","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58958","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58958"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58958\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58960,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58958\/revisions\/58960"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}