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Land is sacred, tended,
and never truly owned.

American churches of all faiths are in a great transition. Roughly a hundred thousand hold land that no longer fits them. Threshold Sacred partners with churches, helping them discover real estate solutions that best fit their mission.

New church and community center space for the neighborhood · Ongoing revenue for the church/community center · Affordable housing · Sustainability features · Impact investment

Mark Elsdon smiling, photographed in black and white against a blue fieldMark Elsdon smiling, photographed in black and white against a blue fieldMark Elsdon

We’ve learned that the partner a congregation chooses often matters more than the price. Mark Elsdon, a respected national leader in church discernment, leads this work.

Mark developed Pres House Apartments in Madison on church land. Today, rents cover the expenses of the in-house ministry while also funding housing scholarships.

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Good Futures Accelerator

Most church buildings sit empty for much of the week and cost more than the congregation can carry. Threshold Sacred has paired with RootedGood to offer Wisconsin congregations the Good Futures Accelerator at half price — a self-paced, nine-month course that helps a church turn its building and land into lasting revenue for its mission.

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We start from the premise that life is a gift, and all life is sacred.

The sacred came before humans had words for it. Each tradition finds its own.

This gift asks each of us to tend the sacred by living in reciprocity with all beings.

Regardless of faith, we invite you to join us in this practice: tending the land and stewarding the community it holds, both human and more-than-human.