ABOUT WILL MANCINI

Will Mancini
Will Mancini wants you and your ministry to experience the benefits of stunning, God-given clarity. As a pastor turned vision coach, Will has worked with an unprecedented variety of churches from growing megachurches and missional communities, to mainline revitalization and church plants. He is the founder of Auxano, creator of VisionRoom.com and the author of God Dreams and Church Unique.

Epic Quotes on Discipleship from Prof Howard Hendricks

Howard G. Hendricks, known affectionately as “Prof” to more than 10,000 graduates of Dallas Theological Seminary, leaves behind an incalculable legacy which he would call “the work of Christ in me.” Auxano Founder and CEO Will Mancini was a student of Prof, and recently wrote the following upon hearing of his death.

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10 Commandments for Creating a Culture of Mission in Your Church

How are you creating a culture of mission in your church?

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Church Unique Snapshot for NorthPoint Community Church

Let’s hope this inspires you to “frame up” the four sides of your church’s DNA.

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Favorite New Year’s Planning Posts for Church Leaders

Here are some top posts from my last five years blogging. All of these were created from a New Year planning perspective.

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4 Stellar Declarations of a Gospel-Centered Church

I believe Tim Keller’s “Center Church”  is the most important book on church leadership written in my lifetime.

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What I Wish Someone Had Told Me: Leading Pastors Share Thoughts on Vision and Alignment

Some of the fastest growing churches in the country have common threads on vision and alignment.

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The 4 Biases Within Any Group (a Facilitation Tip)

Every meeting I facilitate is unique. The primary distinctive of each gathering is not the subject of the engagement but the collective bias of the group.

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The Greatest Secret for Continuous Learning

To some degree learning comes natural and is guided by human curiosity. But in other ways learning is a skill to be cultivated. As I’ve tried to grow as a learner, I have gained one overarching insight; one great secret:

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comment_post_ID); ?> Thank you Ed for sharing your insights into the Church Growth Movement. I have my reservations with Church Growth models because it has done more damage than good in the Body of Christ. Over the years, western churches are more focused on results, formulas and processes with little or no emphasis on membership and church discipline. Pastors and vocational leaders are burnt out because they're overworked. I do believe that the Church Growth model is a catalyst to two destructive groups: The New Apostolic Reformation and the Emerging Church. Both groups overlap and have a very loose definition. They're both focus on contemporary worship, expansion of church brand (franchising), and mobilizing volunteering members as 'leaders' to grow their ministry. Little focus on biblical study, apologetics and genuine missional work with no agenda besides preaching of the gospel.
 
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comment_post_ID); ?> Thank you for sharing such a good article. It is a great lesson I learned from this article. I am one of the leaders in Emmanuel united church of Ethiopia (A denomination with more-than 780 local churches through out the country). I am preparing a presentation on succession planning for local church leaders. It will help me for preparation If you send me more resources and recommend me books to read on the topic. I hope we may collaborate in advancing leadership capacity of our church. God Bless You and Your Ministry.
 
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Clarity Process

Three effective ways to start moving toward clarity right now.