“My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.”
Hosea 4:6
Why This Matters
Parents know something is wrong but don't know where to start. The Civic Virtue Challenge is where you start.
The Moment
Trust in institutions has collapsed. Civic literacy among young people has reached historic lows. Most families have no estate plan, no household charter, no written governance of any kind. Meanwhile, the structures that once transmitted civic virtue — churches, schools, civic associations — have largely abandoned the task.
This is not a political problem. It is a formation problem. And formation happens first in the family.
“You were made for such a time as this.” — Esther 4:14
The Civic Virtue Challenge
Short lessons on duty, stewardship, household order, and the principles that build and preserve families across generations. Delivered to your inbox. Always free.
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Why every rule you live under started as a written word — and what that means for your household's relationship with authority.
How a court actually reads a statute. The same lens lets you read a deed, a tax notice, or a school-board policy — and understand what it actually says.
Income, estate, and capital-gains taxes are not one conversation. Why families lose ground when they treat them as one — and how to see all three corners.
The adult-in-the-room framework for traffic stops, agency calls, and any encounter where the stakes are higher than the conversation.
Where civic power actually lives: the county clerk, the planning board, the school board. How a household shows up and why it matters.
A short charter, a ledger, a written succession line. The minimum viable governance for any family.
How to turn seven lessons into a lasting practice — and where the journey continues for families who want to go further.
Civic Library
Measured, sourced writing on the ideas behind the lessons. Free to read.
Self-government depends on citizens who govern themselves first. Why virtue is the precondition of liberty — and what a household can do about it.
Read the essayA generation graduated without learning how their own government works. How civics quietly disappeared from the classroom — and where it can be recovered.
Read the essayThe Journey
The Challenge is the first step. For families ready to build the instruments — the charter, the ledger, the trust that carries virtue and wealth across generations — the path continues.
Practice it with other families — community, tools, and office hours at btpma.org.
Go further →Estate & trust stewardship, done with you over a year. By application.
Apply →Seventy percent of family wealth is lost by the second generation — not to markets, but to the absence of governance. It does not have to be your family.
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A faith-grounded ministry serving families through civic education and household stewardship — freely given. We exist to recover the connection between virtue and liberty, starting around the kitchen table.
The family is the first school of virtue, the first institution of governance, and the first line of defense against the loss of liberty. The free Civic Virtue Challenge is our gift to any family ready to begin. For those who want to go further, the private journey continues at btpma.org.
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