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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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Resurrection Clarity

Two national church leaders spoke out on the need to be clear NOT clever this Easter. I thought the material was very helpful and excellent summaries related to 1) Preaching a clear resurrection [...]

Apr 11, 2009 Tweet this

Beyond Wishful Thinking

Steve Bradley, one of Auxano's navigators, posted a cool little story yesterday to illustrate the point that unique articulated vision is a powerfully attractive force. On the other hand, an [...]

Apr 7, 2009 Tweet this

Stop Thinking Your are Normal

This phrase comes from Perry Noble's advice on "Four things I wish someone would have told me"I love his passion for Church Unique- he simply blurts out- "You're not normal. If you were God would [...]

Mar 18, 2009 Tweet this

Strategic Banning

On Thursday Auxano rolled out a new kind of e-mail tool redesigned for simplicity and focused content delivery. The purpose is to adapt an old delivery method in the age where social networking media [...]

Mar 15, 2009 Tweet this

Overcoming the Leader's Funk

Funk is a kind of music, a kind of smell, and the name of a chemist who coined the term “vitamin.” It’s also a place where ministry leaders hate to be.I was reflecting on a flight to Chicago today [...]

Mar 11, 2009 Tweet this

Innovation3 Highlights #i3

I had a great day of assessment today with Marty Nicholas and the team at Sugar Land First United Methodist. One of the things that Marty mentioned is that he was bummed to have missed the i3 [...]

Mar 11, 2009 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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