Futures Church

What Futures Church does

Futures Church is a non-profit, multi-campus Christian organization operating under South Australian governance, headquartered in Adelaide, Australia, with a 104-year operating history (founded 1922 in Magill from Smith Wigglesworth's crusades). It runs 21 active campuses across four countries (Australia: 8; USA: 7; Indonesia: 5; Brazil: 1) plus Spanish-speaking Futuros campuses, with approximately 20,000 people attending services on a typical weekend. The church is led globally by Senior Pastors Ashley and Jane Evans, supported by regional pastors (Josh & Sjhana Greenwood in Australia, Alexis & Susana Principal for Futuros), a global elders team, and a college for leadership development; ~20% of an internal target of 10,000 leaders has been raised to date.

The organization's core products are its weekly services, a 354-Connect-Group community network across 20 campuses, the Dreams/Dreamers youth program, the Futures Bible App (built on the Bible.com API with NLT/NIV/AMP translations and AI-generated audio), and the launched Selah pastoral companion and Milo website guide (both built on Anthropic's Claude). Adjacent operations include the Futures Wellness Clinic in Payneham, SA, providing Medicare-billed GP, psychology, mental-health social work, physiotherapy, speech pathology, counselling, and consultant-pharmacy services, plus a published-content line of books by Ashley and Jane Evans distributed free digitally and through inquiry-based bulk church packs.

Revenue is generated through a hybrid of tithes and offerings from attendees, subscription revenue from the upcoming Selah app (lifetime founding-member pricing for the first 1,000), book sales (individual and bulk church-pack licenses), and professional-service fees from the Wellness Clinic under Medicare bulk billing, NDIS plan-managed participants, and private health rebates. Go-to-market is community-led and event-driven: physical campuses host Sunday services and youth programming, Selah and Milo provide 24/7 AI-mediated pastoral touchpoints with a privacy-first stance (no conversation storage), and online streaming plus the Futures Bible App extend reach globally.

Name

Futures Church

Legal name

Futures Church

Website

https://futures.church

Company type

Private

Founded year

1922

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Futures Church is a multi-campus Christian non-profit headquartered in Adelaide, Australia, operating 21 campuses across 4 countries with ~20,000 weekly attendees. It delivers Sunday services, 354 Connect Groups, youth programs, the Selah pastoral AI app, the Bible app, and an integrated wellness clinic.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Religious Services

NAICS

Religious Organizations (81311), Religious Organizations (8131), Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000), Services-Offices & Clinics Of Doctors Of Medicine (8011)

akta.pro primary industry

Local Congregations & Worship Communities (Churches, Mosques, Temples, Synagogues) (BPAGAJAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Faith-Based Social Services & Community Outreach (Food Pantries, Shelters, Counseling) (BPAGAJAG), Faith-Based Healthcare Ministries (Hospitals, Clinics, Medical Missions) (BPAGAJAH)

Keywords

• Multi-campus church
• Pastoral care services
• Biblical education resources
• Christian community programs
• Religious publishing services

Headquarters

HQ city

Adelaide

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices15 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Tithes and Offerings: Traditional church giving through tithes and offerings collected during services and online.
2. Selah App Subscription: Selah daily pastoral companion app offering founding member pricing for early subscribers with lifetime pricing locked in. Standard pricing to be determined after founding tier fills.
3. Book Sales and Church Packs: Books by Ashley and Jane Evans sold in bundles of 10, 25, or 50 copies through inquiry-based bulk ordering. Currently available through the church directly with 2-8 business day delivery.
4. Healthcare Services: Futures Wellness Clinic provides bulk-billed GP services, psychology, mental health social work, counselling, relationship counselling, physiotherapy, speech pathology, and consultant pharmacist services. Medicare, NDIS, and private health rebates available.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels12 records

Core offering

Futures Church operates a multi-campus Christian ministry providing Sunday worship services, Connect Group community programs, youth and children's ministries, leadership development, and pastoral care across 21 physical campuses in 4 countries. The organization also delivers digital tools (Bible App, Selah pastoral companion, Milo AI guide) and operates the Futures Wellness Clinic providing integrated allied health services to the local South Australian community.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Futuros: Spanish-speaking campuses across the Americas, including Futuros Duluth, Futuros Kennesaw, and Futuros Grayson in the USA, plus Venezuelan campuses.
• Selah
• Futures Bible
• Dreamers Youth

Products and services

• Sunday Worship Services
• Connect Groups

Quantifiable outcome

• 53,000 people have made faith decisions through Futures Church
• +2 more outcomes

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration6 records

AI capability8 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• AnthropiccoreTechnology or IntegrationAI infrastructure partner powering Milo (church website guide) and Selah (daily pastoral companion). Anthropic's Claude model provides the conversational AI capability while Futures Church supplies domain-specific knowledge about campuses, beliefs, and programs.
• Australian Christian Churches (ACC)coreOthersFutures Church operates as a member of the ACC (Australian Christian Churches) denomination. Operates under ACC's Child Protection Policies and Procedures. Staff complete Safer Churches training every three years. ACC maintains code of conduct and grievance policies.
• StripesupportingTechnology or IntegrationPayment processor for Selah app subscriptions and book purchases. Futures Church never sees or stores full card numbers - only last four digits returned by Stripe for receipts.
• HealthEnginesupportingTechnology or IntegrationOnline appointment booking platform for Futures Wellness Clinic. Appointments bookable at healthengine.com.au for GP and allied health services.
• Bible.com APIcoreTechnology or IntegrationProvides Bible translation access for the Futures Bible App. Futures Church uses NLT, NIV, and AMP translations through this API. The church did not create the translations themselves but built the app framework around them.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves11 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Bethel Church: Multi-campus charismatic church with significant global online influence, leadership college, and school of ministry — comparable in long-tenured pastoral leadership and global content distribution.
• Elevation Church: Large multi-site US megachurch with strong digital content, app-based engagement, published teaching resources, and a quantified discipleship and missions focus — closely comparable in multi-campus scale and digital-first outreach.
• Saddleback Church: Multi-site US church with global church-planting network (PEACE Plan), leadership development programmes, and integrated family/community ministries — directly comparable on intentional campus multiplication.
• Life.Church: Pioneering multi-site digital-first church known for the YouVersion Bible app and online ministry platforms; comparable in combining multi-campus worship with technology-led engagement and free digital Bible content.
• North Point Ministries: Multi-campus church network led by Andy Stanley with a strong leadership-development and strategic-content focus — comparable in operational multi-site structure and emphasis on next-generation leadership.
• Church of the Highlands: Large multi-campus US church with strong small-group (Connect Group-equivalent) model, leadership pipeline, and global missions footprint — directly comparable in campus multiplication and small-group community design.
• Hillsong Church: Globally multi-campus Pentecostal/charismatic church founded in Australia with campuses across multiple continents, comparable multi-language worship model, published worship and teaching content, and a similar post-2000s global expansion trajectory.
• Gateway Church: Multi-site charismatic church with a global missions focus and pastoral leadership development — comparable in multi-campus structure and emphasis on training church planters.

Broad incumbents

• Lakewood Church: One of the largest US megachurches with a global broadcasting footprint; comparable in scale of weekly attendance and digital media reach, though more centralised than Futures' distributed model.
• YouVersion (Bible App): Owner of the Bible.com API used by the Futures Bible App and the dominant global Bible app; comparable as a Bible-content technology platform and the upstream provider for Futures' app framework.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@FuturesChurch
• Facebookfacebook.com/FuturesChurch
• Instagraminstagram.com/futureschurch
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/futures-church

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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