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
Also bring my books. . . The Apostle Paul (2 Timothy 4:13 NLT) When my parents were living, I had a goal to call them weekly. When I called, they would pass the phone between them to share what was going on in their worlds. Mom brought me up to date on the family while…
Let the planting season begin!
May 15 is the starting gun for gardeners in Columbus, Ohio. An imaginary shot is fired from a starting pistol on this date. What makes May 15 so special? This date represents the last possible time for a frost. The planting season can now begin. Amateur gardeners like Peggy and myself begin packing nurseries. Flooded…
It’s Time to Dance
If you’ve every tried ballroom dancing, you’ve learned a simple rule — someone always needs to lead. In our evangelism strategies, we generally make ourselves the leader in the gospel dance. We ask people to follow us in our reasoning, our words, and our illustrations. What happens if we reversed the roles and allowed the…
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Randy McCooeye
Senior Pastor, Bilberry Baptist Church, Orleans, OntarioAfter over twenty-plus years of pastoral ministry, I realized I was missing a piece of the ministry puzzle — making disciples. Working with Bill Mowry has helped us rearrange and put in order the puzzle pieces for a disciplemaking church. Bill came alongside us and helped us understand the need for and gave us the…
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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.