Abraham Vereide (October 7, 1886 – May 16, 1969) was a Norwegian-born American Methodist minister and founder of International Christian Leadership (ICL) group.

[2] On personal invitation from then-Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt, he attended a conference regarding the social relief program for New York.

[1] Vereide's main form of proselytism consisted in organizing the prayer breakfast movement across the United States for political leaders and businessmen.

[3] In 1944, International Christian Leadership began in Washington, D.C. Vereide was the executive director of this organization until his death in 1969.

Around 1905, at a tent meeting that came to town, Vereide met his future wife, Mattie Hansen, the daughter of a Danish pastor.