When a sponsor waves a check and the room begs for "one more," the name on the line isn't the crowd's-it's yours. The Narrow Way Got No Crowd Control is a house rulebook for leaders who choose clean gates over big reels. Drawing from the Ethiopian canon and street-level operations, Book 16 installs a Rule of Life you can obey, a quarterly Pruning Protocol that feeds fruit, and contracts that protect your finish time and decibels. Part I - Attention vs. Assignment: hear the still-small yes in a loud room; test mirrors with a plumb line; end on time as spiritual warfare. Part II - The Narrow Charter: one page that sets hours, dB targets, lanes, and a Stop-Line (Shorten/Pause/Cancel Part III - Edges, Names & Money: draw an Edge Map (Ours/Partners/City/Off-ramps), route off-lane asks with Handoff Slips, practice anonymity (repairs, not faces), and fund with micro-patrons plus a reserve ladder-no money that buys minutes. Part IV - Rule of Life & Pruning: hours and speech fasts on paper; Sabbath Gate locked weekly; Pruning Day each quarter (Kill/Park/Pilot/Keep); Pilgrim Ledger proof lines that make favor auditable. Tools inside: Narrow Charter v1.0, No-Crowd Clause rider, Rule of Life Card, Edge Map, Pilgrim Ledger, Pruning Calendar, Gatekeeper Scripts, Quiet Economics Pack. Outcome: fewer rooms, cleaner gates, stronger peace-measured by on-time landings, egress kept, dB held, and posted repairs. Small. Steady. Exact.