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 Emergining 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 Survery 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)