tutorial02 pre assessment
Assessment is the process of discerning whether a potential church planter is called to plant a church and whether the person is right for a specific new work. Assessment is often broken down into a pre-assessment (self-assessment) and a formal assessment (assessment by an independent group or organization).
Pre-assessment (self-assessment) typically includes the completion of a series of written "survey instruments" and tests (e.g. Myers Briggs Temperament Indicator, a DISC personality profile, and spiritual gifts profile). Additionally, most pre-assessments include a test of a potential planter against Dr Charles Ridley's 13 knockout factors for church planters. Here is a list of pre-assessment surveys to consider:
- The Evangelical Free Church of America and the North American Mission Board have two of the best pre-assessment profiles available online. (EFCA or NAMB to download a copy).
- The Emerging Leadership Initiative (ELI to visit their site) has a great preassessment survey (it takes several hours to complete but is worth the wait)
- Steven Childers (of Global Church Advancement) has a good set of questions for self-reflection (GCA to dowload a copy)
- Starter Survey from the Reformed Church in America
- Keirsey Temperament Sorter (Myers Briggs type)
- DISC Profile
- Spiritual Gifts Inventory
- Emotional Intelligence Survey (Google search on Emotional Intelligence)
