Good Futures

A course to unlock your church's resources and imagination.

Could your building do more for your mission?

Is your church building costing you more than you can afford?
Does it sit empty for large parts of the week?
Are you looking for new ways to generate income for your church?
Are you wondering how to connect your ministry with the needs and gifts of your neighbors?

What if your buildings and property could further your mission and ministry in your neighborhood and generate new income?

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‍The Good Futures Accelerator can help!

How the Accelerator helps

The Good Futures Accelerator is a proven course that helps congregations align money and mission. Your team explores how to use your buildings and property creatively to further your ministry and build financial resilience, and leaves with a viable idea for a social enterprise.

The accelerator is many things, but most importantly it’s:

Effective. Your congregation arrives at a viable social enterprise idea for your building or property.
Efficient. Most churches finish in about 9 to 12 months.
Self-directed. Your church works at its own pace.
Multi-format. Printed materials, online videos, games, and in-person group exercises.
Whole-congregation. A leadership team of about five (three to seven works) takes the core course, and exercises along the way involve the wider congregation build clarity and consensus.
A path to new revenue. Congregations are bringing in as much as $100,000 a year through new mission-aligned income.
A path to funding. Congregations that complete the Accelerator are eligible for Good Futures Awards grants of up to $5,000.

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Churches across the country are using it!

As of 2026, over 350 churches across 44 states (and 2 Canadian provinces!), representing over 20 denominations, had completed or were engaged in the Good Futures Accelerator. Congregations are urban, suburban, and rural, and range from about 50 to 1,000 members.

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What churches are telling us

96% reported a clearer vision for using their assets to further their mission
93% gained a deeper understanding of their community context
82% improved their ability to imagine new revenue streams

SourCe: Fall 2025 Survey of churches that completed the Accelerator.

"Without [Good Futures], I think we would be considering selling our building and just trying to survive. We are now starting a business center for local entrepreneurs and small businesses—a real need in our community."

— Rev. Chrissy ennen, Pastor, First Presbyterian Church of Gulf Shores, Alabama

What’s in the course?

The Accelerator guides your team through seven sessions. Before each one, team members complete short individual pre-work. Then your team gathers for a group session to discuss, learn, and decide together.

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Take a Sneak Peak

What does the Good Futures Accelerator course include? How does it work? And how can it help you? Learn all that and more in this short introductory video.

Learn How It Works

Wondering how the course works and how everything comes together? Generate new forms of income. Reimagine the use of your buildings and land. Fulfill your mission and purpose in your community. Learn more about RootedGood's Good Futures Accelerator from our recorded webinar.

"[Good Futures] has helped us figure out what the needs are in our community and how we can use what we have got… It has really helped counter our scarcity mindset while fostering our imagination."

— Rev. Casey Tanguay, Senior Minister, WestWind Christian Church

Frequently Asked Questions

Your team explores your people, your community, and your space, then generates and road-tests ideas for a social enterprise
The course costs $750. Congregations that participated in the pilot are already making great strides towards a sustainable financial model. For example, Gulf Shores First Presbyterian Church is already generating $95,000 in additional income from its social enterprise and Grace Episcopal Church in Long Island is bringing in $100,000 a year through new mission-aligned rental income.
Congregations that complete the Accelerator are also eligible for grants of up to $5,000 as part of the annual Good Futures Awards.
Due to the nature of this product, all sales are final after 30 days of purchase.
If you are unsatisfied with your purchase, you may request a refund within 30 days of your purchase date, provided that (1) you have not yet submitted your physical materials order form, and (2) you have accessed no more than the introductory session of the online course. Approved refunds will be issued to your original payment method.
Once your physical materials order form has been submitted, we are unable to issue a refund regardless of the date of purchase, as materials will have been prepared and shipped at cost to RootedGood.
To request a refund, contact us at info@rooted.org
You will have immediate access to the online videos via Teachable. Within a few weeks your church will receive a welcome box with the printed guides, games, books, and other materials you will need.
No. The course is self-directed, so your team works at its own pace and chooses when to meet.
No, this is a self-directed and self-paced course. You will receive everything you need for a facilitator within the congregation to lead a group through the process.
Consider our cohort option below if you would like to offer more support to a group of churches.
You just need a group of 3 to 5 willing participants to serve as the core team that takes the course on behalf of the congregation.
One of those individuals will serve as the group host. Often a pastor is part of the group but that is not required. We will help you choose a team that is suited for the accelerator.
Each church is unique. Good Futures is designed to be helpful for any church that wants to engage the process. Churches of all kinds are doing the Good Futures Accelerator including those with a handful of members and those with thousands of members; churches with budgets under $250k and over $1 million; growing churches and declining churches; rural, urban, and suburban churches; churches with members from a range of backgrounds; and churches located in all corners of the United States.
Good Futures does not introduce specific theological viewpoints, each church is invited to infuse the course with the theological tradition that is right for their congregation and context. The content is relevant for all churches seeking to expand the way they use buildings and property to create new forms of ministry and generate revenue.
This course was created by the team at RootedGood. Together they have more than 85 years of experience imagining, designing,
launching, and running social enterprises in faith-based, and secular contexts.
While the level of commitment required to complete the Accelerator is not high, it does require commitment. There are 7 group
sessions, which will require 2 hours each, with an additional 1-3 hours of pre-work depending on the session. If you add in the wider
activities, such as Mission Possible and I-Spy, it is probably about a 40-hour commitment for each team member. It is up to you
how quickly you go through the course, but on average, it will likely take about 8-10 months. When you invite a potential team
member, let them know that it will likely require about 40 hours spread over 9 months.
Yes (and no)! Good Futures has replaced the Oikos Accelerator. The first version of our RootedGood accelerator for social enterprise was called Oikos. We changed the name in 2023 and significantly updated and improved the content for Good Futures. But the basic approach and content is the same.
RootedGood has license agreements with a number of partners that reduce the cost of the course for particular churches. If your congregation is a member of one of the following denominations you can access the course at a 50% discount through each of these denominational links:
- Presbyterian Church, USA: https://goodfutures.teachable.com/p/good-futures-accelerator-pma
- Evangelical Lutheran Church of America: https://goodfutures.teachable.com/p/good-futures-accelerator-elca
- United Methodist: https://goodfutures.teachable.com/p/good-futures-accelerator-umc/
- Episcopal: https://goodfutures.teachable.com/p/good-futures-accelerator-tws
Please note: These links are ONLY for churches of these denominations. If your congregation is not a part of one of these denominations, use the purchase link above on this page to purchase the course. If you would like more information about setting up a license agreement for your denomination, email us at info@rootedgood.org.

Bringing Good Futures to a group of churches?

If you lead a judicatory, seminary, or other institution, or want to take the course as part of a learning community, RootedGood offers a cohort option for up to 8 churches. We provide a cohort leader guide, added support, and a 50% discount for participating churches. Institutions can also license the course with their own branding.