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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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The Vision Frame Cheat Sheet is my gift to you as I cover the 5 Linchpin Practices of Future Church Vision Framing in my Instagram Reel Series at Will_Be_Clear. Download it today for the definitions, metaphors, and key insights on how to lead with compelling clarity. There are five irreducible questions of leadership. Have you answered them?

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Hopefor09.com: Church Unique Snapshot

It was a thrill to work Sal Sberna and team at a church called the MET in North Houston (Metropolitan Baptist Church). They contracted with Auxano two years ago to do vision clarification and continue [...]

Jan 16, 2009

Biggest Ministry Mistakes

Blogger Tony Morgan just asked his twitter followers to write in about their biggest ministry mistakes. In the list below you will see the mistake that fuels our ministry at Auxano: Mistaken [...]

Jan 15, 2009

Growth Challenges Audio

While at Group Publishing today I saw the link to an audio I did with Alan Nelson a few months ago on the topic of growth challenges for the Rev magazine audio resource. In it, I share my philosophy [...]

Jan 13, 2009

Mind Stretch by Group

I was at Group Publishing today in Loveland Colorado to dialogue about the condition of vision and leadership development in the church. I had a great morning with Thom and Joani Schultz (Thom [...]

Jan 13, 2009

Defining the Essence

On my way to the airport today for my next two days in Denver and then Tampa, I realized that I left my computer at home. Losing 30 minutes compromised my finely tuned planning, which has developed [...]

Jan 12, 2009

Creative Problem Solving

Years ago, I digested materials related to "creative problem solving" (CPS) and practiced the skill with the Auxano team at one of our annual off-sites called "Resync." I am amazed at how valuable [...]

Jan 9, 2009

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