LEAD LIKE JOHN...

Arguably the most effective sports leader of all time,

John Wooden, Coach of the UCLA Basketball Bruins,

wrote the book on developing a mindset of growth

and effectiveness. 

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​His words, wisdom, and winsome way are captured in

books, videos, and quotes for us to utilize today, more

than a decade after his passing and almost 50 years after

his retirement as coach at UCLA. His last year coaching,

1975, culminated with his leading the Bruins to their 10th NCAA Championship in twelve years.

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At 94, three decades after retiring, he made himself available to be a coaching assistant to provide support, evaluation, and wisdom from his experience. He was unpretentious, unshakable, and undeterred in his mission, and his mission in life was not to win basketball championships but to develop men through his context of basketball competition.

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I am now doing the same. I am making myself available, after four decades of seeing Jesus change lives, to partner with you to do the same. Your mission to make disciples matters. I talk to pastors all the time who are frustrated at the small percentage of wonderful church attenders who become impactful disciples doing ministry outside the walls of the church.

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Every local expression of the church is guided by the same vision - to embody the Lord Jesus Christ in their community so that women and men can enter the dynamic life in the Kingdom of God. We call it being the P3, the Presence, the Personality, and the Presence of Jesus. I say all the time, it matters less what you believe about Jesus if you are not becoming Jesus.

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What is the goal of Paul’s picture in Ephesians 4.13? ‘[That [the Body] might develop] until we all attain oneness in the faith and in the comprehension of the [complete and accurate] knowledge of the Son of God, that [we might arrive] at really mature manhood (the completeness of personality which is nothing less than the standard height of Christ’s perfection), the measure of the stature of the fullness of the Christ and the completeness found in Him. (Amplified Bible, Classic Edition)
 

Yes, the goal is to be the presence of the Lord on earth so His will can be done here as it originates in heaven.

​​That is where John Wooden comes in. He shares this wise insight, "Failure isn't fatal, but failure to change might be." 

 

​Let’s partner to develop the kind of discipleship and Jesus people that God has given you a vision for. Contact me immediately; there's not a day to waste. As my Mom always told me, 'To fail to plan is to plan to fail.'

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HERE IS OUR INITIAL MISSION GAME PLAN... 

• First: We Develop a Discipleship Story for your people to easily follow. We chart a spiritual pathway of growth.

• Second: We Build timelines and practices that support your big ideas in discipleship and make it our central focus.

• Third: We Commission a Key Catalysts to begin a movement. This will be your local church influence agents.

• Fourth: We Secure measurement milestones that keep you moving forward. We identify and celebrate wins.