Counties Church Planting

 For over 125 years Counties has equipped churches to plant and revitalise local churches that glorify God and impact communities

WHY ASSESSMENT?

  • To help the church planter to see what they already have and what needs to be developed for fruitful church planting ministry, in four main areas of calling, character, chemistry and competence

  • To provide other people around the church planter with whom they choose to share the assessment results (for example, their team as well as their leaders, supervisors, etc.) with a realistic picture of the potential of the church planter so that they can work together better

  • To provide their coach with an extensive picture of the church planter’s strengths and areas for growth so that the coach can come alongside them in a more effective way

THREE STEPS

  1. The church planter completes a self-assessment online

  2. A trained Assessment team conducts an extensive interview with them

  3. The Assessment team writes a summary report and presents it to the church planter (and other authorised people, as agreed beforehand)

The Categories

CALL

Having a clear sense of God’s calling into church planting

CHARACTER

Godly character & strong marriage and spousal support (if applicable)

CHEMISTRY

“Right” fit within one’s denomination/ network and church planting contex

COMPETENCY

10 competencies which are essential to effective church planting:

  1. Visionary leadership

  2. Starting – gathering

  3. Communication

  4. Evangelism

  5. Disciple-making

  6. Equipping

  7. Team building

  8. Group & leader multiplication

  9. Knowledge of church planting

  10. Emotional intelligence

OUR APPROACH

The main presupposition is that past experience is the best predictor of future behaviour:

  • Focus is kept on the church planter’s past behaviour and ministry asking for specific actions, stories and repeated patterns

  • Most of the questions are open-ended to explore the church planter’s past experience in the best possible way

  • Any evaluation is delayed until after the interview

  • The process is not a counselling session, typical job interview or going through a checklist

Begin the Self Assessment