Troy Gramling is the creative visionary of Potential Church, formally known as Flamingo Road Baptist Church. I met Troy shortly after Church Unique was released when his leadership team attended a Church Unique Workshop. In the years following, Troy continues [...]

Mar 8, 2011

It's amazing how God revels in bringing great ideas, inspiring moments and life-changing direction from very humble, ordinary circumstances. Think about: Moses... It was a regular day tending the  flock. He wasn't waiting for a burning bush. Nehemiah... It was a normal [...]

Mar 5, 2011

This post continues a series where I am using the "lens of clarity" to look at 11 talks from the The NINES online conference by Leadership Network.In this post, Jonathon Falwell pastor of Thomas Road Baptist Church, discusses how clarity [...]

Feb 27, 2011

This post is the second part of what I spoke on two weeks ago at Leadership Network's Rapid Growth Leadership Community. The first post was, 4 Personal Hazards of Pastoring a Growing Church.As we look to the organizational side, there [...]

Feb 25, 2011

Is it time to close a program in your church? Many leaders will tell you, "When the horse is dead, dismount." But this classic advice rolls of the tongue  much easier than it plays in real life.As a leader in [...]

Feb 23, 2011

Sometimes conversations that mix marketing and ministry don’t go well. In this post, I will not being dealing with a biblical basis of branding or marketing, but I will discuss the biblical integration with one branding tactic- the development of [...]

Feb 21, 2011

About Will

Would you like to fall in love with ministry again?

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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