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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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Why Nobody's Listening to Your Message

I just finished a great day with the Faithbridge team and the folks at Granger Community Church in South Bend, IN. The team is made up of humble and leadership-savvy folks who serve the broader church [...]

May 12, 2010 Tweet this

Jesus' Leadership Manual Revealed in 15 Images

Today I taught a group of leaders at Campus Crusade for Christ at the invitation of a new friend, Howard Levin. My focus was not the typical start as I probed a relatively simple, yet profound place [...]

May 10, 2010 Tweet this

The Truth about Competition in Ministry and What to Do About It

We can quickly assent to the fact that all kingdom-minded ministry is truly collaborative and not competitive. Yet, if we are really honest, there is a practical and true competition that people doing [...]

May 9, 2010 Tweet this

Mission Statement Abuse

I couldn't resist telling this story. A church recently finished a Vision Pathway with Auxano. With the new mission articulation beginning to shift and shape the ministry (1 of the 5 questions [...]

May 8, 2010 Tweet this

Get a Dream, Do a Dream, Tell a Dream

I spent the afternoon with the RightNow team. These guys are dreamers and Brian Mosley, the new president, shared this exhortation from his grandfather who started the ministry decades ago- "Get a [...]

May 7, 2010 Tweet this

Christianity is a Movement of Movements: Tell Me About Yours

The next couple of days I will be working with leaders from the Evangelical Free Church of America. Whenever working with a network or denomination, clarity and vision start with understanding the [...]

May 4, 2010 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