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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The Reading Life #3
When people share their reading habits with you, what they are really granting is privileged access to their deepest interests, and predilections, even their dreams, needs, and anxieties.Nicholas Basbanes How the Irish Saved Civilization — I bought this book on a whim. It was recommended by a friend and the title sounded intriguing. Then the…
The Reading Life #2
When they removed him from his bed at his death, they found a book under his pillow. Up the very last, Teddy Roosevelt was still striving to learn and improve himself. Want to be quickly overwhelmed? Go to a bookstore to buy a book. When you walk through the doors you find yourself in a…
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…
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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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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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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.