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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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Get the Gold from 20 Years of Vision Consulting on this 5-Page PDF

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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AHA! Online Conference- Why You Should Watch

In 24 hours, Leadership Network will begin their second, online conference experience. Why should you watch?40 speakers, many are new voices with fresh contentEach speaker is limited to 6 minutes [...]

Mar 2, 2010

Adding Meaning to the Motions: A Stellar Story of Why We Do What We Do

Last week I enjoyed an evening with Chris Willard and Tom Wilson who work with the OneHundredX family of ministries, Leadership Network and HalfTime.Tom is currently the President of OneHundredX, a [...]

Mar 1, 2010

Copycat Church: Are You Following the Spirit or Following Trends?

Neue is a new quarterly journal by Relevant Media that just rereleased with a more readable magazine format and leadership savvy content. The tagline is "Ideas Shaping the Future of the Church." A [...]

Feb 21, 2010

You Be You - A Video You Won't Forget

Thanks to all the folks at the C3 Conference (Creative Church Culture) who quickly sent this video as it brought to mind Church Unique. Ed Young Jr's creativity is off the charts as usual, and this [...]

Feb 20, 2010

Rousing the Human Heart with Words of Purpose

It's fascinating how the social sciences reveal what the Bible makes so plain. In a recent book entitled Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us, Daniel Pink unpacks what he calls [...]

Feb 16, 2010

10 Distinctives of Culture-shaping vs. Church-building Leadership

Pastors who shape culture... #1 Don't rely on systems and structure to the neglect of relationships #2 Value listening skills as much as speaking skills #3 See vision as a state of mind not a [...]

Feb 15, 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.

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Bullet Book Series Launches with '7 Laws of Real Church Growth' [Free Download]

Today, we're launching the series with "The 7 Laws of Real Church Growth: Straight Talk About Building Disciples Instead of Drawing Crowds."

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