Leadership development is by far the most discussed need these days. I believe we have grown more aware of the need, through a variety of emphasis including, the missional re-orientation, discipleship culture, multi-site and church planting.So how do you begin [...]
This post is a shout out to team at Christ Fellowship, in West Palm Beach, Florida, led by Todd Mullins. Cindy Bie their communications director. After working with Auxano through the Vision Pathwat and [...]
Today, Greg Ligon is challenging a group of Methodist pastors in Houston with the opportunity of a multisite church strategy.Church planting vs campus. - the key leaderImprove the main launch the new - the environment [...]
Without filters for decision-making, ministry leadership will drive you insane. Right? There are simply too many needs for the limited capacity of one individual or one church. So how can a pastor or ministry leader effectively discern between the messiness [...]
4 Things to KnowThere are many ways to discern and articulate vision.The right size team is importantIt's easy to copy someone else's vision4 Things to DoBe confident that can lead with clarity and vision.4 Things to AvoidIt's easy to copy [...]
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Ten years after the worldwide bestseller Good to Great, Jim Collins returns with another groundbreaking work, this time to ask:Why do some companies thrive in uncertainty, even chaos, and others do not?Great by Choice distinguishes itself from Collins’s prior work [...]
In 2008, I wrote an entire chapter on the abuse of the church capital campaign industry in Church Unique, entitled "Vision Quacks: How Consultants Undermine Vision in the Name of Vision" At the last minute a I decided to pull [...]
“Great by Choice” is the latest work by Jim Collins, answering a single question: Why do some companies thrive in uncertainty, even chaos, and others do not? Collins and his colleague Morten Hansen enumerate the principles for building a truly [...]
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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