The Church's Role in Restoring the Foundation of Family
April 23, 2026
There is a quiet weight that many of you carry as you stand before your congregations each week. You see the empty chairs where a family used to sit before a divorce; you hear the hushed prayer requests for a son or daughter struggling to find their way; and you feel the relational and cultural tremors that seem to shake the very ground your members walk on.
Recently, Center for Christian Virtue (CCV) released the 2026 Family Structure Index (FSI), and the findings are a sobering call to prayer and action. The report reveals that Ohio currently ranks 30th in the nation for family stability. More than 4 in 10 children in our great state are being raised in homes without the stability of married parents, and our marriage rates continue to sit below the national average.
