Personal Virtue

The linchpin of the American experiment is a virtuous people who voluntarily choose what is right. CCV presses that conviction where laws are made, building what works in Ohio, then scaling it to statehouses across the country and equips families and churches to act on it.

Faith & Freedom
The moral claim

Proverbs 14:34, ESV:Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people.

Every law makes a moral claim and there is no neutral legislation. Every statute assumes something about what a person is, what a family is, and what a society owes the vulnerable. Christians are not intruding on public policy by showing up, the claims are already being made, with or without us.

CCV shows up where those claims are made.

In CCV’s words

What CCV believes, and what it has done

The linchpin of the American experiment is a virtuous people who voluntarily choose what is right. As the Founders understood, our Constitution was designed solely for a moral and religious society. True liberty cannot survive without personal character; when individuals govern themselves according to biblical truth, the need for state government control diminishes.

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Cultivating Civic Responsibility

Through publications, The Narrative podcast, and statewide training events, CCV consistently reinforces that constitutional liberty depends on a moral citizenry.

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Equipping the Church

CCV provides Ohio pastors with historical resources and legal frameworks to preach boldly on cultural issues without fear of state reprisal or loss of tax-exempt status.

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Cultivating a Christian Worldview

By distributing thousands of resources to families and schools, CCV focuses on strengthening the internal character of individuals to sustain America’s self-governing republic.

The law today

Where the law stands in Ohio.

CCV tracks every bill that touches this issue as it moves: through committee, onto the floor and to the governor’s desk. Featured Ohio bills live in the For Buckeyes area, and older Ohio content on this issue stays searchable in the archive.

Senate Bill 1, enacted

CCV supported the Advance Ohio Higher Education Act through the Ohio Senate in 2025.

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Where CCV stands

Ohio is our proving ground, but America is our mission.

CCV builds, tests and wins state-level battles at home, then scales what works, exporting successful models and deploying resources to state-based allies across the country.

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