What Kind of Religious Content Is inThe Good and the Beautiful?

Committed to Faith-Based Curriculum

I’m Shannen, the Chief Development Officer at The Good and the Beautiful. I’m excited to share with you just how much The Good and the Beautiful is committed to creating faith-based curriculum in a way that connects with people of many different Christian backgrounds.

Curriculum that encourages appreciation of God and the Bible

First and foremost, our content is created to encourage an appreciation for God and the Bible. We focus on basic biblical principles, such as God's love for us, His creation of the world, the importance of prayer and having a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, and the value of faith, honesty, and kindness. We leave it up to families and religious leaders to teach the more specific doctrines that they personally align with.

Complete Transparency

To aid in each family's decision in choosing the best materials for their children, we aim to be completely transparent about the religious content in our curriculum. Let me tell you a little bit about our creation and review processes.

Who creates The Good and the Beautiful curriculum?

The Good and the Beautiful development team is made up of people from many Christian backgrounds. We have more than 80 people working daily in the development department who help support the company’s commitment to creating curriculum that all Christians can use. 

The owner of the company, Jenny Phillips, is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; however, the curriculum is not affiliated with or connected to Jenny’s church. 

We have a huge team of writers, reviewers, editors, and designers of different denominations who create the curriculum. In addition, a special team of religious content reviewers takes everything we create through a thorough review process, ensuring it meets specific criteria before it is published. 

Our curriculum development team members represent these religious groups and more: 

Assemblies of God, Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Independent Baptist, Lutheran synods, Mennonite, Presbyterian Church USA, Reformed Church, Reformed Charismatic, Seventh-day Adventist, Southern Baptist Convention, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, United Methodist Church, and United Pentecostal Church International, as well as non-denominational Christians. 

The Content Review Process

In my position I see firsthand how each page of curriculum goes through 30–40 reviewers and editors, not to mention all the pilot families of many Christian backgrounds who evaluate our curriculum before it goes through an editing and reviewing process.

Because of the dedicated efforts of our diverse team and their commitment to producing faith-based curriculum, hundreds of thousands of families from different denominations and backgrounds are using and loving The Good and the Beautiful curriculum in their homeschooling.

It is truly inspiring to see such a variety of people coming together for the sake of creating curriculum and books that honor God, while also making homeschool joyful, beautiful, and effective.

Shared Christian Values

While it’s easy to avoid promoting specific doctrines in the curriculum, shared Christian values are taught and focused on. The values that we hold at The Good and the Beautiful are very evident in our curriculum. You will see that we emphasize the importance of appreciating nature and art, the importance of strong character, the value of good and wholesome literature, the importance and blessings of family and good friends, and the importance of incorporating God and the Bible into learning.