In terms of practical ministry, Eldredge and Ransomed Heart Ministries are interested in three things: 1) crawl, walk, run with God; 2) stay small; 3) follow the Wild Goose. Eldredge and his team do not operate as with a five-year plan and barely have a one-year plan. They operate in such a way that most of their meetings "operational/director meetings" are spent praying, listening to God, and interacting with each other on what God is leading them to do. This leads to the second part, which is staying small. Eldredge and his team have turned down several offers that would have grown their ministry to a large-scale organization and even placed them on television. Though they at first were attracted to it, Eldredge and his team recognized that it would fundamentally change them and their ministry to do this. So they turned them down. Instead, they have operated in a way that gives the message away. They welcome other people doing things that they do (such as retreats and small groups and ministries) without their involvement. They see themselves as a part of the tip of the sword, but not even the whole tip and definitely not the whole sword and are happy to give the message away. Following the Wild Goose is a phrase native to the early Celtic Christian movement. They referred to the Holy Spirit as the Wild Goose that is always meant to be pursued and followed but never "figured out." So, Eldredge and his team take this approach to walking with the Holy Spirit.