This first Bullet Book tackles the elephant in the sanctuary: Why do so many churches excel at gathering crowds but struggle to make disciples? Drawing from my book "Future Church," it delivers seven foundational laws that separate real church growth from the fake stuff.
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The Vision Sprint is an opportunity for 12 teams to do their visionary planning in just 3 afternoons through a virtual workshop. Based on the celebrated methodology of the God Dreams toolbox, this is the most accessible opportunity I've ever created to serve the church.
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You know me - I'm all about helping you craft crystal-clear vision for your church and ministry. We've walked that road together through "Church Unique," "God Dreams," and "Future Church." But this time, we're taking a detour. A necessary one, I might add.
See, here's the thing: You've done the work. You've crafted the vision. You've got the plan. But something's still... off. You're not quite hitting the mark you know you're capable of. Sound familiar? Well, my friend, you might be dealing with a case of leadership blindspots.
Run Free's Digital Advancement Collective is a game-changing opportunity for forward-thinking church leaders. This six-month, limited availability program is designed to equip ministry teams with the knowledge, skills, and strategies needed to thrive in the digital ministry landscape.
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At the core of RunFree's offering to church teams is the "Pivvot Process"– a strategic season of staff coaching, ministry design, and visionary planning that delivers the best disciple-making playbook of a lifetime. Stop the chase for church attendees, and let's Run Free into what Jesus started.
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Thank you for coming by the blog to get the free download called, The Destiny Chapters, which is part 6 of my book entitled, Younique: Designing the Life God Dreamed for You.
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The Vision Frame is a celebrated visionary leadership tool that to ask and answer the five irreducible questions of leadership. The use of the tool is dedicated to the church and Jesus disciple-making mission.
The most recent update is that my restoration journey was completed on May 12, 2023. The team met in Houston for a day of work which included in depth reviews, prayer, and accountability with the team. The team made the Currently, I am on an extended visit to Chile with Romy (and our young daughter, Poema) where she grew up in Santiago. We will return to Houston at the end of July. I am resting and exercising better than I What does the future hold for me? For now I’ll continue full time cultivating heart-time with Jesus and family as I work on my restoration. I am learning and reengaging the ready embrace of my Savior. As Dane Ortlund reflects, The members of the restoration team listed below make up one of two teams helping me at this time. There is also a "friendship team" of close friends and pastors who have known me as far back as college and [...]
Some of the hardest working, most devoted pastors work in the smallest churches in terms of attendance. If you’re a small church pastor, you probably feel more alone, more tired, and (at times) more frustrated than pastors of churches 10 times yours in attendance. And that was before the COVID disruption.
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Why attend the Future Church Collective? Because you know that business as usual won’t suffice. You have dreams for ministry and people are waiting for you to turn those dreams into action. You will be inspired, challenged, and supported as you and your team move into 2022 and beyond.
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It’s imperative for every church to both optimize their first impressions and be extremely clear about what they’re inviting people to engage with. And the pervading sense of uncertainty about the future that I hear from pastors these days clouds every conversation about these issues.
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The Enneagram isn’t just another tool to help people understand themselves and those around them. As a matter of fact, the Enneagram was originally used as a tool to guide spiritual discipleship.
[...]I want you and your ministry to experience the benefits of stunning, God-given clarity. As a pastor turned vision coach, I’ve worked with an unprecedented variety of churches from growing mega-churches and missional communities, to mainline revitalization and church plants. I started several interconnected organizations that help the church embody the movement that Jesus founded. My visionary planning tools, the Vision Frame and the Horizon Storyline are used by thousands of churches every year through my calling to raise up other consultants and trainers. In 2004, I founded Auxano, which I sold to LifeWay and continued to lead until 2020. In 2014, I created Younique to deliver gospel-centered life design through the church. It is now the world's only comprehensive, open-source life plan system.
In 2023, I founded Run Free as my official team-based consulting shop. We deliver the most innovative Vision Framing experiences available to church teams through the "Pivvot Process" and to network/denominational leaders through the "Denominee Process." We also offer team coaching to church leaders using the "Performance Practices" of meta-performance executive coaching.
I've written seven books: Future Church, Church Unique, Younique, Clarity Spiral, God Dreams, Innovating Discipleship, and Building Leaders. I enjoy speaking about clarity, calling, disciple-making, and vision. It's all about helping one another do more than we can imagine. I co-locate in Houston and Chile with my wife, Romy, and the last of my four children, Poema.
If you are interested in Run Free's consulting offerings or want to discuss getting a LifePlan, just reach out to set up a conversation.
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