Founded by author, pastor and television evangelist D. James Kennedy in 1995, the Center offers Bible studies, luncheons, lecture series, as well as evangelism and leadership training on Capitol Hill.
For Kennedy, the new Washington, DC–based branch of his media ministry was a strategic foray into a key mission field.
"Never before have we had the opportunity to be right in the midst of our nation's capital, to be a voice for Christ where it is needed so very much," Kennedy told viewers in 1995.
"[2] By 1999, then-CCS director Frank Wright claimed 50 members of Congress were participating in a weekly Bible study.
[3] Beginning in late 2007, the Center operated under the auspices of Evangelism Explosion, another ministry founded by Kennedy.