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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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5 Ways to Advance the Mission and Decrease Exhaustion in the New Reality

I want to help you prioritize and focus your energy where it will produce the greatest return for your mission—that’s one of the best ways I know to defeat exhaustion. [...]

Aug 6, 2020 Tweet this

5 Ways for Pastors to Experience Replenishment in the Next 30 Days

I want to offer 5 ways for you to experience replenishment in the next 30 days. If I could, I would give each one of you a miraculous, instantaneous, supernatural injection of energy. Since I can’t do [...]

Aug 5, 2020 Tweet this

Remembering the Power of Value as an Antidote to Violence

A Response to the Death of George Floyd

The events of the last two weeks in our nation have been unsettling, frustrating, maddening, and even shocking. With the death of George Floyd on May 25, a spark seems to have been kindled to a fire [...]

Jun 5, 2020 Tweet this

Join a Future Church Cohort: Reshaping Your Disciple-Making Strategy During A Critical Ministry Moment

Including a pre-release copy of my next book, Future Church

Effective leadership includes an acute awareness of context. What are people feeling? What are they thinking about? What is most important to them right now? How can I best serve them where they are [...]

May 6, 2020 Tweet this

A 3-Part Scorecard for a Life Well Lived

Redefining Success on the Gospel

What is success? And how do you measure it? Some measure success by how happy they feel.Some by how much they have accomplished.Some by how wealthy they are.Some by how many friends they have.Some by [...]

Apr 23, 2020 Tweet this

Church Amidst Coronavirus: Top 8 Done-For-You Resource Links

Now more than ever, church leaders need practical tools to make them more effective in doing ministry. Especially in a time where we are being forced to abandon previous assumptions and develop new [...]

Mar 26, 2020 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