Straight Talk About Building Disciples Instead of Drawing Crowds

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The 7 Laws of Real Church Growth Bullet Book [Free Download]

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

This first Bullet Book tackles the elephant in the sanctuary: Why do so many churches excel at gathering crowds but struggle to make disciples? Drawing from my book "Future Church," it delivers seven foundational laws that separate real church growth from the fake stuff.

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Dec 4, 2024 Tweet this

My Forthcoming Book: Blindspotting -How to See What Faith-based Visionary Leaders Don't See

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Breaking News: My First New Book in 5 Years Tackles Leadership Blindspots

The pressures on pastors and ministry leaders are at an all-time high. We're expected to be visionaries, CEOs, counselors, and social media influencers all rolled into one. It's enough to make anyone's vision a little blurry.

You know me - I'm all about helping you craft crystal-clear vision for your church and ministry. We've walked that road together through "Church Unique," "God Dreams," and "Future Church." But this time, we're taking a detour. A necessary one, I might add.
See, here's the thing: You've done the work. You've crafted the vision. You've got the plan. But something's still... off. You're not quite hitting the mark you know you're capable of. Sound familiar? Well, my friend, you might be dealing with a case of leadership blindspots.

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Oct 15, 2024 Tweet this

Join Run Free's Cohort for Online Pastors with Jay Kranda

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Revolutionize Your Church's Digital Outreach through a Digital Pastor Cohort with Jay Kranda

Run Free's exclusive cohort for digital discipleship launches in October 2024. Led by Saddleback's Jay Kranda and Run Free's Brooke Domek.

Run Free's Digital Advancement Collective is a game-changing opportunity for forward-thinking church leaders. This six-month, limited availability program is designed to equip ministry teams with the knowledge, skills, and strategies needed to thrive in the digital ministry landscape.

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Sep 24, 2024 Tweet this

Introducing RunFree.Co - Visionary Coaching for Disciple-making Church Leaders

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Introducing RunFree.Co - Visionary Coaching for Disciple-making Church Leaders

After 24 years of ministry entrepreneurship & church consulting, I started RunFree.Co for pastors who are disciple-making visionaries.

At the core of RunFree's offering to church teams is the "Pivvot Process"– a strategic season of staff coaching, ministry design, and visionary planning that delivers the best disciple-making playbook of a lifetime. Stop the chase for church attendees, and let's Run Free into what Jesus started.

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Sep 9, 2024 Tweet this

The Destiny Chapters FREE Download

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The Destiny Chapters

Part 6 of the Younique Book covers Bucket List, Ultimate Contribution and the Spiritual Practice of Meditating on Death

Thank you for coming by the blog to get the free download called, The Destiny Chapters, which is part 6 of my book entitled, Younique: Designing the Life God Dreamed for You.

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Oct 2, 2023 Tweet this

My Restoration Journey Was Completed on May 12, 2023

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A Life Update About My Restoration Journey

How God is So Good in the Midst of our Greatest Failures

The most recent update is that my restoration journey was completed on May 12, 2023. The team met in Houston for a day of work which included in depth reviews, prayer, and accountability with the team. The team made the Currently, I am on an extended visit to Chile with Romy (and our young daughter, Poema) where she grew up in Santiago. We will return to Houston at the end of July. I am resting and exercising better than I What does the future hold for me? For now I’ll continue full time cultivating heart-time with Jesus and family as I work on my restoration. I am learning and reengaging the ready embrace of my Savior. As Dane Ortlund reflects, The members of the restoration team listed below make up one of two teams helping me at this time. There is also a "friendship team" of close friends and pastors who have known me as far back as college and [...]

Jul 25, 2022 Tweet this

Unpublished: Church Growth Hoaxes that Demotivate the Small Church Pastor

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Unpublished: Church Growth Hoaxes that Demotivate the Small Church Pastor

The gritty bonus content that didn’t get published in the Future Church book

Some of the hardest working, most devoted pastors work in the smallest churches in terms of attendance. If you’re a small church pastor, you probably feel more alone, more tired, and (at times) more frustrated than pastors of churches 10 times yours in attendance. And that was before the COVID disruption.

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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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