The remainder comes from program service revenue and special fundraisers, such as when the center issued a jazz CD featuring William Edgar and John Patitucci.

Chesterton House's advisory board includes Ken Blanchard, Andy Crouch formerly of Christianity Today, D. A. Carson, Elaine Howard Ecklund, Ard Louis, and Eleonore Stump.

Chesterton House regularly hosts public lectures on topics such as art, culture, economics, faith and science, food security, human trafficking, race, technology, and theology.

[12][13] The organization's Beimfohr-Neuss Lecture Series, which addresses issues pertaining to faith in a pluralistic society, has been delivered by Dr. Warren Kinghorn, Dr. Mia Chung, Dr. C. Jimmy Lin, Joel Salatin, Dr. Felicia Wu Song, and Richard Stearns.

[14] Other past speakers include Makoto Fujimura, Lisa Sharon Harper, Philip Jenkins, Robin Jensen, Richard Mouw, Mark Noll, Alvin Plantinga, Cornelius Plantinga, Sir John Polkinghorne, Eleonore Stump, Nicholas Wolterstorff, Dr. Jeremy Begbie..[15] In 2020, Chesterton Perspectives began, a series of speakers from a wide range of perspectives, discussing complex issues in a way that are pastorally sensitive as well as intellectually courageous, allowing space on campus to engage empathetically with diverse views.

[16] This includes a Sunday night weekly meal, cooking, cleaning, regular prayer and Scripture reading, daily devotions, an annual retreat, and semester service projects.