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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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Your Church's Strategy is in the Trunk!

When I spoke at the Vault Conference this year, one of the pastors gave me a ride to the airport. When he popped the trunk, I saw his co::Lab notebook from over one year ago, and a strategy white-pad [...]

Nov 10, 2012

Are Programs in Your Church Faking God's Work?

[iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/45999184" width="500" height="325"]This is great little Gospel Coalition video with Darrin Patrick and Ray Ortlund. They introduce the concept of how we can [...]

Nov 8, 2012

Seven Steps to Maximize Your #Nines2012 Experience

Today is the second day of the free, online church leadership conference call The NINES, by Leadership Network. I highly recommend that you check it out.1) Carve out as much time as possible to watch [...]

Oct 26, 2012

The 6 Guiding Values of Leadership Network

Right now I am listening to Leadership Network's (LN) The NINES conference. One of the most common leadership axiom's through the conference is the important of "Why" before "How," especially on the [...]

Oct 26, 2012

Church Unique Snapshot: 10 Keys to Growing a Multicultural Church on Chicago's South Side

Dan Willis, the pastor of Lighthouse Church of All Nations, shared his story today at the Society of Church Consulting. He planted the church thirty-five years ago at the age of seventeen. It is now a [...]

Oct 23, 2012

Vault Conference Workshop Links

It was great to be in Vegas this week with Vince Antonucci at the Vault Conference. Vince planted a church there a few ago right on the strip, called Verve.Here are downloads I promised to workshop [...]

Oct 19, 2012

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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