Discipleship
Through the
Power of Virtue
“Make every effort to supplement with your faith, virtue.”
2 Peter 1:5-8
Families of Virtue began in 2021 when Thomas McCuddy and Thomas Quackenbush came to the same conviction: the modern church often teaches what to believe but neglects who we must become. As lifelong disciplers shaped by theology and apologetics, they rediscovered the rich Christian tradition of virtue, especially in the writings of Thomas Aquinas.
With the encouragement and vision of Stacey McCuddy, Families of Virtue launched to restore virtue to the center of discipleship so that Christians grow in Christlike character who know the truth, love the truth, and live the truth.
Our Mission
We train families and churches to embrace virtue as an essential component of sanctification while uniting apologetics, philosophy, and discipleship to make disciple-makers.
Thus, we reclaim virtue for the sake of discipleship and the fulfillment of the Great Commission. Rooted in Scripture and formed by the Thomistic tradition, we train families to grow in character and to become disciple-makers.
We build tools that move truth into practice: books that teach and guide, courses that shape habits, mentoring that personalizes growth.
Our aim follows 2 Timothy 2:2: teach faithful people who will teach others also. We believe the church bears lasting fruit when it becomes virtuous. That begins with strong families.
If you are a pastor, teacher, lay leader, or parent, we are ready to help. Through our written resources, the Classical Virtue Academy, and on-site training, we serve any Bible-believing church that wants to pursue true Christlikeness through virtue.
What is Virtue?
Virtue is Christlike character. Virtue describes the qualities by which the image of Christ takes shape in our daily choices, relationships, and work. Like training builds strength, virtue forms the mind to judge rightly and the soul to love what is good. A virtue is a stable habit of soul, given by grace and strengthened by practice, that disposes us to love God and neighbor and to act easily, promptly, and joyfully according to right reason.
Christians have long spoken of three theological virtues—faith, hope, and love—that unite us to God and direct every other virtue. Alongside them stand the four cardinal virtues—prudence, justice, fortitude, and temperance—which organize wise decisions, fair dealings, courageous endurance, and disciplined desires. Under these grow attending virtues such as honesty, generosity, diligence, and humility.
Virtue orders our loves with God first, people next, things last. It clarifies judgment so choices fit God’s purposes, trains the passions so desire serves the good, and strengthens the will so obedience becomes a steady habit. Grace initiates and sustains this growth. Scripture renews the mind. The church and the family provide example and accountability. Practice turns truth into habit until Christlike action becomes normal.
Virtue is not perfectionism or image management, not bare rule keeping without love, and not just personality or temperament. The goal is simple and searching: to know the truth, love the truth, and live the truth until our lives resemble Jesus in thought, desire, and deed.
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If the Lord is leading you to give, use the button below to make a one-time or recurring gift. Your generosity equips families and churches with virtue-forming resources.
If you wish to mail in a donation, our mailing address is Families of Virtue, P.O. Box 2985, Fayetteville, NC 28302. Thank you!
