The 90-Day Practitioner Lab
Stop guessing. Start testing.
Move the needle in your neighborhood.
Join a small circle of 6–10 pastors for a 90-day journey to try one focused discipleship experiment in your church—and decide together what’s worth keeping.
The lab is free to join. If the tools help your people and your neighborhood, you can choose to keep them later at a discounted rate. No noise, no pressure, just real-world practice.
Limited to 6–10 leaders per circle for deep focus.
Why I’m inviting you into this
I talk to a lot of pastors who say, “We’re doing a lot of good things… I just don’t know if it’s really changing our people or our neighborhood.”
You’ve tried the sermon series, the seasonal campaigns, and the big Sundays. They provide momentum for a moment, but they don’t always translate into a sustained way of life.
The Pastor Lab is a low-pressure environment to say: “Let’s test one thing together.” We aren't looking for another program; we're looking for what actually moves the needle in your specific context.
The Framework
Every experiment sits at the intersection of three questions:
Local Calling
Why has God placed you in this specific neighborhood?
Congregational Capacity
What do your people already love to do and bring to the table?
Neighborhood Signals
What are you hearing and seeing from your community right now?
Want to see what this looks like in practice? Jump to sample experiments →
A few sample experiments
These are the kind of “small but real” shifts we’ll play with—nothing flashy, just doable steps that connect your preaching, your people, and your neighborhood.
Toolkit: Multiply
From Sermon to Next Steps
Transform a single message into a "This Week" pathway: one way to learn, one way to connect, and one way to live it out locally.
One Story, Many Invitations
Identify one neighbor’s story and use Multiply to turn it into small, clear invitations your people can actually respond to all week.
Toolkit: Community Playbook
Axis 01
The Purpose Map
Uncover the unique way your church is called to show up in your specific zip code this year.
Axis 02
Gift Inventory
Map 10–15 specific gifts and lived experiences within your congregation that can fuel a new experiment.
Axis 03
Signal Detection
Surface one pressing neighborhood need or hopeful asset to anchor your 90-day experiment.
"We co-design the experiment that matches your context, then watch what God does with it."
What it’s actually like in the lab
Think of this less like a course and more like a peer working group. We keep the rhythm lean so you can stay fully present to your people.
Short Orientation
One live call to meet the circle, map your context, and lock in the specific experiment you want to run.
Two Check-Ins
60–90 minute sessions to adjust, troubleshoot, and learn from what others are seeing on the ground.
The Debrief
A final sync to ask: What did God do? What surprised us? What’s worth keeping?
Zero-Weight Commitment
No homework packets, no extra reading, and no content for content's sake. Just one experiment we pay attention to together while you do your real work.
Who this is (and isn’t) for
A moment of discernment
This will feel life-giving if:
- • You lead a congregation and feel a deep responsibility for its spiritual and missional health.
- • You’re ready to trade five complex programs for one focused, doable experiment.
- • You value intellectual honesty—admitting what isn’t working to find what could.
- • You refuse to choose between discipleship and neighborhood engagement; you want both.
It’s probably not a fit if:
- • You are looking for content-heavy curriculum rather than practice.
- • You’re searching for a quick attendance growth hack or marketing funnel.
- • You cannot commit to the rhythm of a 90-day experiment right now.
- • You prefer the anonymity of large webinars over the honesty of a small circle.
If you read the left column and think, “That sounds like me,” then you’re exactly who I designed this for.
How to join this first circle
I’m limiting this to a small, first-run cohort so we can actually pay attention to each other’s context.
Share your context
Use the form to tell me about your church, your neighborhood, and what you’d love to see change in the next 90 days.
A short conversation
If it looks like a fit, I’ll reach out for a 20-minute call to clarify your hopes and answer any technical questions.
Design & Launch
Join the orientation, meet the circle, and co-design the one experiment we’ll track together.
The "Catch" The lab is free. If the tools help you move the needle, I'll offer a discounted way to keep using them. If not, you keep the learning—no strings attached.
Start the conversation
Personal follow-up guaranteed.
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Questions pastors are already asking
The Fine Print
Is this really free? What’s the catch?
Yes. There is no fee to participate. The “catch” is that if you discover experiments you want to sustain, I’ll show you a discounted way to keep using the tools. You decide if and when to invest.
How much time will this actually take?
Plan on 3–4 live syncs over 90 days. We aren't adding to your plate; we're focusing the time you already spend on outreach into one high-leverage experiment.
What if my church is small or “stuck”?
This lab is designed for real-world constraints. Often, the most kinetic experiments come from "stuck" churches that decide to take one faithful, doable step in their zip code.
Do I have to be tech-savvy?
Not at all. I’ll guide you through the simplest parts of the tools that match your experiment. You don’t need to be an expert; you just need to be a practitioner.