§ MEMBERSHIP / 2026 COHORT

One system.
Four ways in.

Accountable for what's already in your hands.

Not a networking lunch. Not a content library. A demanding operating forum where members bring evidence each session — the numbers, the deferred decision, the family pressure, the generosity deployed, the 90-day execution — and a cohort that adopts a real problem in the city for twelve months.

§ 01 / PricingFOUR WAYS IN · ONE OPERATING SYSTEM
§ HOW THE TIERS WORK

One operating system, four depths of access. Everyone walks the same six pillars and the same 36 weeks. What changes is how much of the room — and how much of a chair's time — you get. The Chair sits at $1,200 / month, at parity with C12 and Vistage. Nobody is matched by signup date: rooms are formed by season (your Compass primary pillar) and stage (revenue and headcount). The Forge and The Table are open — start today. The Chair and The Anvil are by application, because a room with a chair in it only works when the seats are chosen.

TIER 01 · OPEN · START TODAY

The Forge

The 36-week walk, on your own clock, with a coach that never sleeps.

$149/ month

Monthly · cancel anytime · FOUNDING: first 50 seats, 20% off for life ($119/mo)

  • +The Compass and the free Anvil Diagnosis — start before you pay
  • +The 36-week course — all six pillars
  • +The Compass, re-scored every 90 days
  • +Ask Anvil — AI coach on your Compass and Forge Sheet
  • +The Forge Sheet — your one-page operating snapshot
  • +The Daily Order and the Weekly Ten leaderboard
  • +Annual retreat — by invitation, priced separately
Start The Forge
TIER 02 · OPEN · JOIN TODAY

The Table

Everything in The Forge, plus real people in the room every week.

$499/ month

3-month minimum · cancel after · FOUNDING: first 50 seats, 20% off for life ($399/mo)

  • +Everything in The Forge
  • +Weekly Cohort call — matched by season and stage
  • +Weekly Triad — three operators, standing agenda
  • +The Lantern Library — 26 scenario lanterns
  • +Cohort channel between sessions
  • +20% off the annual Refinery deployment
Join The Table
TIER 03 · BY APPLICATION

The Chair

The Table, plus your own chair — and the room that meets twice a month.

$1,200/ month

12-month term · FOUNDING: first 20 seats, 20% off for life ($960/mo)

  • +Everything in The Table
  • +Month one: 60 minutes with James — your Diagnosis and 90-day plan, walked line by line
  • +Monthly Forge Chair 1:1 — 60 minutes
  • +The Gathering — twice a month, all Chair and Anvil members in one room
  • +Chair reads your Compass and Forge Sheet before every call
  • +Annual Forging — your day on the anvil
  • +At parity with C12 ($1,200) and Vistage (~$1,380)
Apply for The Chair
TIER 04 · BY INVITATION

The Anvil

A small, closed table of operators carrying serious weight. Invitation only.

By application

Limited seats · price on application · FOUNDING: first 20, 20% off at proposal

  • +Everything in The Chair
  • +A closed peer table, capped and vetted
  • +The Gathering — twice a month, with Chair members
  • +Direct access between sessions
  • +Board-level work on the hardest call in front of you
  • +Hosted seat at the annual retreat
  • +Referred or invited only
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§ THE FOUNDING 20 · LIMITED SEATS

The first 50 Forge seats, the first 50 Table seats, and the first 20 Chair seats get 20% off for life — applied automatically at checkout, price-locked for as long as you stay. The first 20 Anvil members get 20% off at proposal. Founding members shape the rhythm and sit on the Founding Council. When the seats are gone, they're gone.

§ THE RETREAT · BY INVITATION

The annual retreat is members-only and by invitation. It is not included in any tier and it is not free — seats are limited and priced separately. Members get 20% off the annual Refinery deployment. This is where the tiers stop mattering and the tribe becomes real.

§ EVERY MEMBER GETS
  • +The 36-week walk through all six pillars
  • +Daily Practice — one small unglamorous rep on the current pillar
  • +The Compass — radar diagnostic at intake and re-scored every 90 days
  • +The Forge Sheet — your one-page operating snapshot
  • +Ask Anvil (AI coach) trained on your Compass, Forge Sheet and the full curriculum
  • +The Daily Order and the Weekly Ten consistency board
  • +Annual retreat and Refinery deployment — by invitation, priced separately
§ WHAT THIS ISN'T
  • Not a content library you watch alone
  • Not a networking lunch
  • Not a guru-led broadcast
§ THE REFINERY DISCOUNT

Every active member gets 20% off the annual Refinery deployment. The cohort serves a Phoenix-area need together — a school, a shelter, a rebuild — once a year. Stewardship made structural.

§ 02 / The ArcYEAR 1 → YEAR 2 → ONWARDS

The course is the start.
Membership is the rhythm.

The curriculum takes about eight months. The work doesn't end there. You move from building the foundation to living it out and eventually handing it down.

YEAR 1 · FOUNDATION
The 36-Week Course

Walk all six pillars: Faith, Leadership, Flourishing, Community, Enterprise, and Impact. Use the Compass and build your plan.

YEAR 2 · THE FORGE
Alumni Track

Monthly teaching, case studies, and Compass reviews every six months. Specialist modules on hiring, AI, and capital. Graduates also mentor new members.

ONWARDS · RHYTHM
The Tribe

Triads, cohorts, and retreats. This is an individual course. You aren't paying for content. You're paying for the group you walk with every week.

Cancel anytime. No long-term lock-in. If the rhythm stops serving you, walk.

§ THE FORGINGONCE A YEAR · YOUR DAY ON THE ANVIL

Once a year you go back
to the anvil.

The Forging is your annual review. Your triad and mentor help you look at the last year. You compare your results and see where you've grown.

"What did God do in you this year? Where do you still need work? What are you giving Him next?"

This ritual keeps you from getting stuck. You can't fake your way through it, and you wouldn't want to.

See the Six Pillars one-pager →
WHAT YOU BRING
  • 01Last year's Compass reading
  • 02This year's Compass reading
  • 03One pillar God moved on — name it
  • 04One pillar that's still soft — own it
  • 05The next assignment you're accepting
Triad + Mentor · 90 min · Annual
§ 03 / CadenceRHYTHM

The rhythm.

A weekly rhythm. No more than one in-person meeting a week. It's predictable because you need to protect your calendar.

ONCE · FREE · ANYONE
The Compass & Diagnosis

Eighteen questions. Anvil writes your read and one 90-day move on the spot. No signup, no call to book.

DAILY · ALL MEMBERS
The Practice

One small rep on the current pillar. Pricing power, hiring judgment and cash discipline, compounded.

WEEKLY · TABLE AND ABOVE
Triad

Three operators. Same three. Standing agenda. Blind spots named while they are still cheap to fix.

WEEKLY · TABLE AND ABOVE
Cohort

Founders in the same week, same pillar lesson. The week's biggest decision pressure-tested before it is made.

TWICE MONTHLY · CHAIR & ANVIL
The Gathering

Every Chair and Anvil member in one room, twice a month. One topic, worked openly. Like a church group for operators — the weight gets shared, not performed.

MONTHLY · CHAIR & ANVIL
Forge Chair 1:1

60 min. Month one is with James — your Diagnosis and 90-day plan, line by line. The chair reads your Compass and Forge Sheet before every call after that.

QUARTERLY · ALL MEMBERS
Compass Re-Score

Re-take the diagnostic. Compare radars. Name what moved and what didn't.

ANNUAL · ALL MEMBERS
The Refinery

The cohort deploys together into a Phoenix-area need. Members get 20% off.

§ THE REFINERY FUNDSTRUCTURAL · NOT OPTIONAL
THE STEWARDSHIP COMMITMENT
  • 10%of membership revenue routed to the Refinery Fund — published annually
  • 1service retreat per year where the cohort deploys together
  • 1Refinery Report each year — dollars, hours, projects, outcomes
  • 100%of fund decisions made by the cohort, not by leadership alone
Held in a donor-advised fund · independently administered
§ 04 / RetreatsSEPARATE

Step away.
Come back forged.

Retreats are separate from membership. Members get priority and better pricing.

ONCE A YEAR · LEADERSHIP WORK
The Forge Retreat
$2,500–5,000

A smaller, intense group. Strategy, prayer, and the hard calls you've been avoiding. The room sharpens the leader.

ONCE A YEAR · SERVICE WORK
The Refinery
$1,500–3,000 · 20% OFF FOR MEMBERS

The cohort deploys together into a specific Phoenix-area need — a school, a shelter, a church plant, a rebuild. The room serves something larger than itself. Members get 20% off.

§ 05 / Apply

Membership is by
application.

A founding cohort of Christian leaders willing to be held accountable for everything already entrusted to them — and to deploy some of it back.

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