
An elegant evening with fine dining, the latest on Ohio politics and CCV’s strategic efforts to strengthen marriage and family — alongside hundreds of candidates, legislators, business leaders, ministry professionals and advocates from across Ohio.
Friday, September 18 · 5:15pm · Cleveland Marriott Downtown
Don’t miss this powerful, faith-centered event on Friday, September 18. The VIP reception is by sponsorship; dinner and the main program are open to every ticket.
Cleveland Marriott Downtown
Cleveland, Ohio
Seats and table sponsorships are booked through CCV’s ticketing page. What each level of sponsorship carries — including the VIP reception — is set out separately.
Questions?Center for Christian Virtue reserves the right to refuse or revoke table sponsorships or tickets at any time for any reason.
Co-host of FOX and Friends
Lawrence Jones currently serves as co-host of FOX News Channel’s FOX & Friends. He was named to the role in 2023.
Previously, Jones served as host of Lawrence Jones Cross Country, focusing on newsmakers from across the political and cultural spectrum, spotlighting the leading concerns facing Americans nationwide. Since joining FOX News Media in 2018, Jones has become known for his signature storytelling and “man-on-the-street” segments focusing on the impact of various issues on local communities. He was later named enterprise reporter for the FOX & Friends franchise in May 2021 and has filled in as guest-host for the top-rated cable news morning show on both the weekday and weekend editions. Throughout 2021, Jones also served as a regular host for the nightly FOX News Primetime at 7PM/ET.
Jones has interviewed newsmakers across the political spectrum, including President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, Maryland Governor Wes Moore (D-MD), Border Czar Tom Homan, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, and Martin Luther King III, the son of civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. In the 2024 election cycle, Jones contributed to the network’s coverage and traveled to the RNC and DNC. He also traveled to a number of battleground states to present “Breakfast with Friends” segments for FOX & Friends. He also covered the mass shooting at the Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas that killed 19 children and two adults, as well as the Idaho college student murders in 2022.
In the summer of 2020, Jones hosted a one-hour primetime weekend special entitled One Nation, which examined the state of race relations from the perspectives of civil rights activists, law enforcement officials, and religious leaders. Notably, he conducted an emotional interview with the family of Davell Gardner, Jr., the one-year-old child who was shot and killed by a stray bullet while asleep in his stroller at a cookout in Brooklyn, New York. He also reported extensively from Chicago on the city’s spike in gun violence, interviewing the family of Natalia Wallace, a seven-year-old girl who was killed in a drive-by shooting on the Fourth of July. Later that year, he also conducted a wide-ranging interview for FOX Nation with NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace from his home in North Carolina, which spanned the start of his career in racing to his activism in the Black Lives Matter movement.
CCV President
Aaron Baer is the President of Center for Christian Virtue (CCV). CCV seeks the good of its neighbors by advocating for public policy that reflects the truth of the Gospel.
As President of CCV, Aaron founded the Ohio Christian Education Network, a network of more than 200 Evangelical and Catholic schools that advocate to ensure every child can access and afford a high-quality Christian education. He launched the Christian Business Partnership, the only state-based Christian Chamber of Commerce advocating for Christians in the marketplace. He is also a host of CCV’s weekly culture and politics podcast, The Narrative.
Prior to leading CCV, Aaron was the Vice President of Communications at Center for Arizona Policy (CAP). Following his tenure at CAP, Aaron served as Policy Advisor to Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich. Among other outlets, Aaron has appeared on CNN and NBC Nightly News, and his writings have been published in the Cincinnati Enquirer, USA Today, and the Arizona Republic.
















Prayer at the Statehouse, the Essential Summit and the Ohio March for Life, with the recaps from the years behind them.
See all eventsThe bills CCV worked on, what passed and what it changed — the year the gala pays for, in the record rather than the pitch.
See the recordAaron Baer’s weekly podcast on Ohio culture and politics — the same brief as the update from the stage, every week.
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