Religious Institution Quotes
Eisenhower did not go to church on Sundays. He was brought up in a Bible Reading, Christian Family. When he served under MacArthur in the Army, MacArthur often criticized him for not attending church. Eisenhower was the only President in American history who did not belong to any church at the time he was elected. He was not anti-religious at all and thought religion was a very important part of the American Way of life. He started Cabinet Meetings with a Silent Prayer, but he himself was not an observant Christian. In this sense he was very much like a number of our Founding Fathers, like Jefferson, Franklin and John Adams for example.
