The best attribute of Perry Noble's blog is that it's filled with questions. I thought these four were particularly good when it comes to preaching and clarity; NOT clarity of content but clarity of [...]

Sep 15, 2010

Austin Stone's Missional Milestone: A Church Unique Snapshot

It was an exciting day for Austin Stone, a church led by Matt Carter which has experienced a surge of awareness due to their growth and unique vision over the past few years. Today they moved into a [...]

Sep 13, 2010

Top 11 Clarity Takeaways from The Nines Conference #thenines

This blog is dedicated to greater life that comes from clarity, both individually and organizationally.On Thursday this past week, I participated in an online conference called The NINES, during [...]

Sep 12, 2010

Vision Casting Exercise: Measuring Weight per Word Count

If you write anything serious you know how many words you are using.Ben Arment just blogged that he writes 2500 words a week Alan Hirsch e-mailed me today mentioning that his new book is at 87,000 [...]

Sep 10, 2010

The NINES Guide for Knowledge Junkies #thenines

While the NINES is new, the feeling of being drenched by an information fire hydrant is not. As I watch folks tweet and celebrate and whine about this blast of kingdom wisdom, I wanted to share a few [...]

Sep 9, 2010

6 Ways to Maximize Your NINES Experience #thenines

Just before Leadership Network launched the first NINES conference in 2009, I had the privilege of walking them through a 12-month clarity process. Maximizing the The NINES learning experience, [...]

Sep 9, 2010

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.

More About Will

Brand New Certification - Pivvot Vision Framing

I rebuilt my core toolbox after 20 years. 5 years later after 100 churches tested...the first CERT!