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  • Church Planter Assessment (PDF)

    This document provides links and information to three pre-assessment resources: PLACE, Quick Quiz, and Leadership Assessment. 

    Church Planter Performance Assessment
    But perhaps the most talked-about component of church planting hinges on the critical need of sponsoring churches to have their church planter assessed with a church planter performance assessment.

    Church Planter Training

    Looking across the web under the search, “Church Planter Training,” you will find 923,000 choices. We have come a long way in a short period of time. In 1993, as I started to plant my first church I could only find one seminar on “Church Planting.” The Church Growth Movement and the books that were written preceded the development of Church Planting. Even Basic Training for Church Planters came out more than twelve years ago. It has been used to train over 12,000 church planters, spouses and their teams. Now we have come to 2010 and the release of the new Basic Training Journey for Church Planting

    Church Planter Training (Spanish Version)

    Church Planter Training (Spanish)

    Doing the Great Commission in Your Community

    When we look at Jesus Christ’s three year ministry we see that He engaged many kinds of lost people. First and foremost, Christ introduced the gospel to His own people, the Hebrews. But the Gospels also record specific kinds of people to whom Jesus introduced the kingdom. Fishermen, tax collectors, Samaritans, rich, poor, lepers, Greeks, prostitutes, the sick, demon-possessed, children, Pharisees, and Sadducees are some that are listed in the Gospels.

    Doing the Great Commission in Your Community (ESP)

     

    Leadership Assessment (PDF)

    This tool is specifically designed to determine the ministry leadership attributes of an individual. This assessment, loosely built upon Charles Ridley's church planter assessment process, operates under the assumption that activities in the past and present are good indicators of future behavior.   

    Leadership Assessment Scoring Guide (PDF)

     This tool helps to determine if the potential leader has certain key abilities.

    Leadership in Church Planting
    Most would agree that it takes a leader to plant a church. But what exactly is leadership? James MacGregor Burns asserts that it “is one of the most observed and least understood phenomena on earth.” 

    Personal Profile and Inventory Assessment Tool (PDF)

    Is God calling you or someone you know to be a church planter? This tool helps to identify some of the strengths that enable many planters to be effective. 

    PLACE User Guide (PDF)

    The PLACE User Guide is designed as a guide for anyone interested in using PLACE Assessments in their ministry. This guide includes an overview of PLACE Ministries, an explanation of PLACE Profiles, and suggestions for using the tools available through PLACE. 

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    Surviving a Tough Economy

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    The One Sacrifice God Has Not Asked of You
    Spend any time in church planting and you will notice a very disturbing fact. Too many planters have forfeited their families on restless endeavors of success and church growth.

    Understanding Hispanic Leaders In North America (ESP)