Author
I write to encourage and equip everyday Christians to make disciples and live on mission where they live, work, or play.
Teacher
I help churches and ministries build disciplemaking cultures that moves disciplemaking from the margins to the mainstream.
Coach
I come alongside everyday leaders helping them live fruitful and faithful lives through a life and ministry plan.
Check out Bill's Newest Book!
Check out my newest book with NavPress — Holding the Word: Five Ways to Encounter God in the Scriptures. Check out the information page on this website. You can order at Navpress.org or on Amazon.
Bill Mowry
Author • Teacher • Coach
The alongsider world is Jesus’s world, a place where disciples are developed in relational, intentional, and biblical ways. The alongsider world is wherever everyday Christians live, work, play, or worship.
In the alongsider world, everyday Christians walk next to friends helping them do a few simple lifestyle practices -- focus on Jesus, engage with the Scriptures, encourage accountability, application, affirmation, and live on mission.
I’m Bill Mowry and I’m a practitioner in the alongsider world. I live in Columbus, Ohio with my wife Peggy and our dog Ginger. We serve with The Navigators Church ministries, helping churches around the world multiply disciples through disciplemaking cultures. My contribution to Jesus’s alongsider world is through writing, teaching, and coaching.
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A Reading Life #13
A life of reading counteracts the malformation of screen and digital technology. It acts as an antidote to bad habits of consumerism, utilitarianism, individualism, and other wayward -isms.Jessica Hooten Wilsom A popular magazine headline said it all: THE END OF READING IS HERE. Optimists had once predicted that universal literacy was inevitable. Now the age…
A Reading Life #12
Mentors are prized commodities in our culture. Whether in the business or church world, a lot of time and money is spent on training and securing mentors. They promise us everything from monetary success, business planning expertise, and spiritual enrichment. Typically, mentors are people that we meet with face-to-face. One of my mentors doesn’t fit…
A Reading Life #11
When people share their reading with you, what they are really granting is privileged access to their deepest interests and predilections, even their dreams, needs, and anxieties.Nicholas Basbanes Some books invite us to wade out into deep waters of a pool. As a reader, I like staying in the safety of the reading shallows. Every…
What are people saying?
Joe Valentino
Campus Pastor, Upper Arlington Lutheran Church; Lytham Road CampusHow does a church change its culture to a place where disciplemaking is a way of life? Bill Mowry’s book “The Ways of the Alongsider” is helping us do this. The Ways of the Alongsider maps out an intentional guide for disciplemaking. The book teaches such simple tools as building authentic relationships, helping others love…
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Sheriff Russ Martin
Delaware County Sheriff, Executive Director PLI GlobalDespite being a senior law enforcement executive, I knew I wanted to stay focused and finish strong in both my personal and professional life. Bill coached me through the process of determining my personal vision statement and priorities. As a result of our time together, and Bill’s mentorship, I’ve gained a richer insight into how…
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Preorder Bill's Newest Book!
The Ways of the Leader
“This book is a gift to the church!” said Pastor Steve. Check out my latest book — Holding the Word: Five Ways to Encounter God through the Scriptures. Check out the information page on this website. You can order at Navpress.org or on Amazon.
