Frank Viola is now doing one-on-one coaching/consulting for authors and bloggers.
Because of the demands from so many authors, there is a fee for both his time and his valuable experience/advice amassed over many years of writing and publishing. (Keep reading.)
Frank has published over 14 books by major Christian publishing houses (Thomas Nelson, Tyndale, Baker, David C. Cook, Destiny Image), and 8 of them have been bestsellers.
He has also published over 14 self-published digital books and runs an A-list blog and top podcast.
Here’s a testimonial from a senior pastor who is also an author and writer who hired Frank to coach him recently:
“Looking back on my writing career there have been a few key decisions that I’ve made that have been more important than all the others combined. The first came when I called myself a writer. The second came when I found an agent to help guide my publishing decisions. The third came when I met Frank Viola. When I hired Frank as my writing and blogging coach, I gained the clarity I desperately needed regarding how and why to build my platform and how to find my authentic voice. His counsel has been wise and his lessons have been profound. If you are serious about your writing, I highly recommend Frank to be your coach.”
~ Brian Jones, Pastor, Author, and Blogger
Frank’s Bestselling Books
Here are some of his most popular titles in order of their release date:
Insurgence (Baker, 2018) – Frank’s signature book on the explosive gospel of the kingdom. #1 New Release in Theology (Amazon).
The Day I Met Jesus (Baker, 2015) – CBA Bestseller.
Jesus Now (David C. Cook, 2014) – CBA Bestseller.
God’s Favorite Place on Earth (David C. Cook, 2013) – Amazon bestseller, reaching #13 on Amazon out of all 7 million titles.
Jesus: A Theography (Thomas Nelson, 2012) – a 400+ page highly acclaimed magisterial work.
Jesus Manifesto (Thomas Nelson, 2010) – Amazon bestseller, reaching #6 on Amazon out of all 7 million titles.
From Eternity to Here (David C. Cook, 2009) – CBA Bestseller.
His sod-turning book with George Barna in 2008 was also a bestseller, hitting #11 on Amazon out of all books and selling over 100,000 copies. The constructive sequel, Reimagining Church, has sold over 34,000 copies.
His 2005 book — The Untold Story of the New Testament Church — is a Wall Street Journal Bestseller.
Top Blog
Frank Viola’s blog – Beyond Evangelical – is one of the most popular Christian blogs on the Web today, regularly ranking in the top 10 of most blog ranking directories.
Endorsements
There cannot be enough books written about the majesties and excellencies of Christ. To see Jesus as He is will transform us from one degree or glory to the next. Everything is about Him, for Him and to Him. I am grateful that Frank and Leonard did the work and are putting this in the lap of so many.
Matt Chandler, Lead Pastor of The Village Church (Endorsement for Jesus Manifesto)
Dissent is a gift to the Church. It is the imagination of the prophets that continually call us back to our identity as the peculiar people of God. May Viola’s words challenge us to become the change that we want to see in the Church … and not to settle for anything less than God’s dream for Her.
Shane Claiborne, author and activist (Endorsement for From Eternity to Here)
A lot of people write books, Frank writes stories and in this one we once again see why he’s such a master. Honored to call him a friend, excited to call him an author I love to read.
Jon Acuff, author and blogger (Endorsement for God’s Favorite Place on Earth)
Combining masterful storytelling, historical knowledge, biblical insight and practical wisdom, Frank artfully uses the Gospels’ depiction of Lazarus and the small town of Bethany to lay out a beautiful and compelling vision of a God who longs to make every human heart and every church ‘His favorite place.’ In the process, Frank prophetically exposes the subtle but all-important difference between hearts that embrace Jesus and hearts that merely appear to do so. This is a beautifully written, timely, prophetic work all would benefit from reading!
Greg Boyd, pastor and author (Endorsement for God’s Favorite Place on Earth)
The best thing I can say about Frank Viola is this: When I read his books—and I read them all—I don’t think much about Frank Viola. I think about Jesus. And I learn to love Him more. This book is no different. Read it, and you’ll find yourself thinking, if you’re like me, ‘I knew Jesus was great, but… Wow!’ And that, at least from me, is as good as it gets.
Brant Hansen, author and radio personality (Endorsement for God’s Favorite Place on Earth)
Frank Viola’s God’s Favorite Place on Earth is a fast-moving, groundbreaking look at the Christian’s struggle against legalism, discouragement, doubt, rejection, and spiritual complacency. This is a masterfully engaging book that distills the vision of the Christian life into one focused quest: To be God’s favorite place on earth today. I recommend this little volume to all Christians and Christian leaders. It brings several familiar Gospel stories to life in a fresh and compelling way.
Mark Batterson, pastor and author (Endorsement for God’s Favorite Place on Earth)
Frank Viola is a master at the discipline of historical context, and Jesus Now is a masterpiece that shows us how to ‘Christify’ our story–to move from an unscripted spirituality to a scripturally scripted identity.
Leonard Sweet (Endorsement for Jesus Now)
Reading God’s Favorite Place on Earth illuminates the story of Jesus in such a new and captivating way that it’s bound to impact your life. Read this powerful book and reconnect with the Lord’s heart for every Christian, every church, and every city.
Pete Wilson, pastor and author (Endorsement for God’s Favorite Place on Earth)
I just finished From Eternity To Here. I’m in process of reading it again. It has moved into my top ten books. It informs the mind with great theology. It transforms the heart because the matchless vision of Jesus and His grace. And it inspires a love for God’s eternal purpose, the Church by inviting others to experience God’s eternal purpose. Brilliant.
Derwin Gray, pastor and author (Endorsement for God’s Favorite Place on Earth)
Let me be clear—Insurgence: Reclaiming the Gospel of the Kingdom is not a book offering yet another parochial debate over some inconsequential point of theology. On the contrary, Viola’s message strikes at the heart of the core message of Christianity.
Dr. Michael S. Heiser, scholar and author (Endorsement for Insurgence)
Frank continues to challenge the church-at-large with a powerful mind, an impassioned voice, and a love for the Bride of Christ. You need to get this book and wrestle with Frank through the biblical passages regarding our identity in Christ as His body and the mission our God has entrusted to us.
Ed Stetzer, author (Endorsement for From Eternity to Here)
What a treasure this diary-style book is! This impactful message focuses on five broken women in the Bible and their life-changing encounters with Jesus. The way Mary and Frank portray their stories will help any woman who has experienced heartbreak, loneliness, and rejection step right into the extravagant grace and love of Jesus.
Lysa TerKeurst, author (Endorsement for The Day I Met Jesus)
Jesus, from the very beginning, has been ‘good news for women.’ Perhaps that news has rarely been needed more clearly than in our day. One reads of His encounters with the women described in this book with a sense of wonder that these interactions took place two thousand years ago. He is good news for women still.
John Ortberg, pastor and author (Endorsement for The Day I Met Jesus)
Few authors challenge me in my faith like Frank Viola. This book and the stories it contains will force you to face the myth of religion and instead adopt a life of deeper dedication to God, to find your own Bethany. It sure did for me.
Jeff Goins, author and blogger (Endorsement for God’s Favorite Place on Earth)
Whether you are a seminary professor or someone seeking answers about Christ for the first time, Jesus Manifesto promises to illuminate the truth about the greatest personality to ever walk the earth. And along the way you will rediscover, or experience for the first time, the power, prestige and primacy of Jesus Christ.
Ed Young, lead pastor (Endorsement for Jesus Manifesto)
The unrelenting purpose of the Holy Spirit is to lead us into the living presence of Jesus Christ. If we follow the Spirit, Christ can become as real to us as the world was when we were sinners. Jesus Manifesto is a compass pointing toward this holy pursuit.
Francis Frangipane, pastor and author (Endorsement for Jesus Manifesto)
I thought I knew the women in these stories well, but in this beautiful book I met each one in a fresh, personal, and profound way. The life-changing grace and mercy Christ extended to these our sisters so long ago is here right now for you and for me.
Sheila Walsh, author and speaker (Endorsement for The Day I Met Jesus)
Inventive, engaging, compelling, and filled with freedom, this book will help you see the wonder of our Jesus more clearly. Here is very simply the truth about Jesus and His relationship with women: He loved us. What a powerful truth for women in the world today! Jesus is always the hero of the story. Through this book, we see and know that He is the hero of our stories too.
Sarah Bessey, author and blogger (Endorsement for The Day I Met Jesus)
Frank Viola’s pen and voice are consistently both penetrating and trustworthy. Beyond his invitingly beautiful writing skill—which makes reading a joy and a sight-seeing tour that brings God’s Word into 3-D when he relates narrative passages, I’m grateful for the depth of his themes. Frank probes the ‘deep calls unto deep’ content of the Holy Spirit’s call within the Scriptures, and awakens that hunger that must be regularly fed to secure renewal in each of us. God’s Favorite Place on Earth is the kind of book I’ve discovered I need to periodically find and read; thereby keeping ‘the fallow ground’ of my own soul plowed, re-sown and watered, in order to continue fruitfulness and to deepen the root system of my spiritual walk and growth in Christ.
Jack Hayford, pastor and author (Endorsement for God’s Favorite Place on Earth)
Frank Viola has a winsome and compelling way of drawing his readers into the fullness of loving well, learning well, and living well. In his newest work, he persuasively draws us into the holy aspiration of being captivated by Jesus, the world’s true Messiah and King. Insurgence portrays a powerful vision of the righteousness, shalom, and joy of the Kingdom of God through a people whose identity is derived from Him, not the work they do for Him.
Kenneth Boa, theologian and author (Endorsement for Insurgence)
Frank Viola has done it again! He offers fresh insights on what it might look like if we took the message of Jesus, and His in-breaking kingdom, as if it were real. True. Beautiful. World changing. Heart transforming. Community uniting. Human remaking. A reader can ponder Insurgence one page a time! And that same reader may never be the same again. This book has the potential to open the eyes of many people to see how beautiful life with Jesus can truly be.
Kurt Willems, lead pastor and blogger (Endorsement for Insurgence)
In Insurgence, Frank Viola spells out a compelling case for reclaiming the powerful, life-changing gospel of the kingdom.
Dave Ferguson, lead pastor and author (Endorsement for Insurgence)
There is an insurgence or a convergence of God’s people rallying around a fuller, more biblical articulation of the gospel. This insurgence isn’t just about getting our message straight, it’s about straightening out the lives of our churches. Nothing could be more important in our day. In this book, Frank Viola issues an impassioned plea to join this insurgence that appeals not simply to the head but especially to the heart.
John Nugent, theologian and author (Endorsement for Insurgence)
How to Hire Frank for Consulting for Writing
One coaching session with Frank is $500.
The fee includes a 1 hour-long coaching phone call using Skype Audio with Frank where you ask him your questions about your book and/or blog project.
Note that Frank doesn’t preview chapters from your book, watch videos related to it, or critique your writing. (He is not an editor or a proof reader.) The coaching call is simply to ask for his advice about your writing project.
The fee is also non-refundable.
2 BONUSES
After your 1-hour consulting call, you will receive a 50% discount off The Buzz Seminar Master Course online version (a $650 value) and a FREE copy of his PROLIFIC online course ($127 value).
You will receive these resources after the call.
You can set up as many monthly sessions as you wish. There is no contract. Some people hire Frank for one or two coaching sessions; others hire him to coach them every month.
Each session is the same price – $500 per consulting call.
Frank will send you an email *at the same email address* you used to make your payment. So be sure to check that email address and look for Frank’s email. We will set up the consulting call with you and Frank via email. You must need Skype, which is free to download.
Click the blue “Pay Online” button below to make payment for one month of coaching. You can use a Paypal account (top) or a credit card (bottom) after you click “Continue.”