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RunFree.Co delivers a strategic season of executive coaching, ministry design and visionary planning to church teams called the "Pivvot Process"

It's time to stop the chase for church attenders in "program church" and to run free into what Jesus started. Based on the celebrated methodologies of "Vision Framing," RunFree.Co is my next venture. It's all about activating the real disciple-making potential of the local church.

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Run Free's Digital Advancement Collective led by Jay Kranda is a game-changing opportunity for forward-thinking church leaders.

Jay Kranda isn't just another online personality—he's a seasoned veteran in the world of digital ministry. As the Online Community Pastor at Saddleback Church, Jay oversees a global network of online and home groups. His recent book, "Online Church Is Not the Answer: Beyond Streaming Church To Hybrid Disciple Making," challenges churches to think beyond simple streaming and embrace a holistic approach to digital discipleship.

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Latency: Buford's Holy Discontent

After spending two days with the leaders of Leadership Network and Half Time, I had the opportunity to dig deeper into the creation story of these two movements. What struck me was the stunning [...]

Feb 10, 2009 Tweet this

9 things to define 2009

This is a great little video on trends that was posted on Adverblog, that I picked up from Kem Meyers blog. See her blog for the content of the video typed out. [...]

Feb 10, 2009 Tweet this

Verve: A Church Unique Snapshot

On Friday I had the chance to connect with Vince Antonucci, who has just landed in Vegas to plant a church called Verve. Vince is the author of the book, "I Became a Christian and all I got was a [...]

Feb 9, 2009 Tweet this

Leadership and the Art of Word Choice

Imagine boiling down your life and leadership into acompelling collection of 76 principles.Then imagine having to select which one would be first.That’s exactly what Bill Hybels did in his 2008 book [...]

Feb 6, 2009 Tweet this

Risk-worthy Vision

I spoke last week at Leadership Network's, Innovation3 Conference. In the process of thinking more about the concept of risk, I enjoyed these quotes:"If things seem under control, you are just not [...]

Feb 4, 2009 Tweet this

Leadership Network's 25th Anniversary

On Wednesday night this week, Bob Buford's legacy was celebrated as LN crossed the 25 year mark. Robert Lewis, shared that Bob has influenced the church in North America more in the last 25 years than [...]

Jan 30, 2009 Tweet this

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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RunFree.Co - A Startup for Scaling Disciple-making in Your Church