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Predictors of Success: Recruitment, Assessment, and Deployment

The Leadership Network study on The State of Church Planting U.S.A. took an extensive look at the type and impact of the current modes of assessment, training, and coaching.  The study found that assessment is the new normal with 73% of regional denomination agencies reporting that they have formalized church planter assessment systems in place.  Secondly, assessment, training, and coaching result in church plants that reach more unchurched persons with a greater potential for survivability.  More and more training is moving online.  Internships are still few and far between.  Thus, it appears clear that there is a need for proper assessment and training.  Across the United States, this is being provided in a variety of ways.  One of the most popular ways is still a church planting boot camp.  There is a more-concentrated variation on this called turbo training (usually a two-day intensive).  There are longer training classes that could last for several weeks or months to prepare church planters or provide “just in time” training for new church planters.  There are internships and apprenticeships, which is enabling personalized mentoring.  Finally, some churches and networks are providing church planting residency programs.  These residency programs are very effective, but highly resource-intensive.  Almost all of these assume that a church planter assessment has taken place.  Assessments help individuals understand more about themselves and their call – including areas for growth.  They can also help identify what type of church planting effort best “fits” the potential planner, while averting potential disasters. 

What type of assessment and training are you looking for?
What type of assessment and training do you think is the most helpful?
What other predictors of success would you identify?

Posted on June 8, 2010

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