The Great American Family Promise

A Covenant for Families Under God — Renewing the Nation for the Next 250 Years

“As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.” — Joshua 24:15

America Begins at Home

For America’s 250th, families across the nation are making a covenant— to restore prayer, reclaim responsibility, and anchor the next generation in faith and freedom.

This is not a program.
This is a declaration.

When families kneel, nations stand

Forged Over 250 Years

America does not begin in Washington. America begins at home. For generations, it has been families— kneeling in prayer, choosing responsibility, and passing down faith from one generation to the next. In every age, the pattern remains: God forms families. Families form nations. Now, the promise is ours to carry.

In Every Generation

God Calls the Family
The Family Makes the Promise
The Promise Forms the Home
The Home Forms the Nation

And the Nation Endures

HOW THE PROMISE WORKS

Every great nation is built on small, faithful acts— repeated in homes, across generations.

This is how a family begins.

1. Read the Compact

Begin with the story. Understand what it means to be a family under God— and why that calling has shaped America

from the beginning.

2. Gather Your Family

Come together intentionally. Around a table. In your home. With presence,

with purpose.

3. Make the Promise

Read it aloud. Write your family’s commitments— what you believe, how you will live, who

you will become.

4. Mark the Moment

Sign it. Seal it. Display it. Let it stand in your home as a visible declaration of

who you are.

The Family Compact

A written covenant for your household—
declaring who you are, what you believe,
and how you will live.

This is where the promise becomes real.

Not just spoken—
but written.

Not just felt—
but remembered.

Together, your family reads it, signs it, and returns to it—
year after year.

It becomes part of your home.
Part of your identity.
Part of your legacy.

Read together as a family Write your shared commitments Sign and date your covenant Display it in your home Return to it each year

The Family Seal

A mark of identity.
A symbol of covenant.
A connection between families.

Every family creates a seal bearing their name—
a symbol of who they are and what they stand for.

But it does not stop there.

Your seal is placed on another family’s Compact.
And you receive one from another.

A visible reminder:
you are not alone in this promise.

Family to family.
Home to home.
Across the nation.

Your Family Promises

This is the center of the Compact— where your family decides who you will be. Now they are yours to carry— in your home, your family, and your name.

Every family lives by something. Spoken or unspoken. Intentional or accidental. This is where you choose. The words you will return to. The values you will not compromise. The identity your children will carry forward.

What will your family be known for? What do we believe about God? What do we always say in this house? What do we stand for—no matter the cost? How do we treat one another? What kind of family are we becoming?

One day, your children will read this. What will it say?

These are not just words. They become culture. Repeated at the table. Remembered in difficulty. Carried into the next generation.

The 13 American Virtues

Forged in the lives of 250 heroes. Carried forward by families.

1. HONOR

To live in a way worthy of remembrance

2. COURAGE

To stand firm when fear would be easier

3. GRIT

To endure what others would abandon

4. PERSEVERANCE

To press forward when the path is long

5. INGENUITY

To build, solve, and create what does not yet exist

6.HARD WORK

To labor with purpose, discipline, and consistency

7. THRIFT

To steward resources with wisdom and restraint

8. FAITH IN THE ALMIGHTY

To trust God as the source of freedom and direction

9. REVERENCE

To honor what is sacred—in God, life, and truth

10. CHARITY

To serve others with compassion and sacrifice

11. SACRIFICE

To give up something now for something greater later

12. LOYALTY

To trust God as the source of freedom and direction

13. DEVOTION

To commit fully to what matters most

These are not ideals to admire—they are virtues to live.

Choose One. Start There