Are you wrestling with a nagging sense that you’re supposed to be planting a church? Have you decided to plant, but sometimes still question your calling?
Passion for Planting’s church planter assessment process will help you clarify your calling to church planting. Come interact with a team of assessors who will prayerfully discern with you what the Spirit is calling you into.
Our assessment event can be a stake in the ground, a line in the sand for you. In the coming months and years, you will be able to look back with confidence. When the hard days come and you’re tempted to question your calling, you can rest in what you heard from the assessment team.
Here are your 3 simple steps:
- Register for the next Assessment event
- Come ready to interact with a team of assessors who will prayerfully discern with you what the Spirit is calling you into
- As you plant, look back with confidence, and rest in what you heard from the assessment team
The Process
Passion for Planting’s Assessment Center combines a pre-screening process along with a formal 2½ day on-site assessment to evaluate your calling, health, gifts, passions, strengths and weaknesses. Following assessment, you will not only have confidence in your calling, but you’ll also have clear next steps for pursuing the vision God has given you.
The assessment process includes:
Pre-Assessment
• Personality profile inventories
• Ministry questionnaire
Assessment (2.5 days)
• Discovery Sessions (interviews) with the Assessment Team, including a clinical psychologist
• Exercises with other candidate couples
• Summary interview (debrief) with the Assessment Team
Post-Assessment
• You and your sponsor receive a formal Assessment Report
The People
Our Assessment Team includes experienced church planters, seasoned pastors, a clinical psychologist, and a sponsor from your sending church or network. We help you and your spouse look through multiple lenses to give you a comprehensive view of your readiness to plant a church.
Our Pledge
When you participate in Passion for Planting’s Assessment event:
- you will be covered in prayer
- you won’t be attacked to test how you react
- you will hear the truth in love
- you will come away with an action plan
The Details
| Assessment Dates: | Next one: October 20-22, 2025 application and full payment due Friday, September 19, 2025 (1 month ahead of event) Future dates:
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| Assessment Times: | Starts Monday @ 8:00am; ends Wednesday @ 12:00pm |
| Location: | New Life Christian Church at the nZone, 14550 Lee Rd, Chantilly, VA |
| Cost: | Registration: Because of strategic partnerships and generous donors, we’re able to offer a sliding scale for Assessment fees: • $3,500 Standard Rate • $2,700 Partner Rate • $1,600 Renew Movement Affiliate Rate Particulars: • a minimum $300 deposit will save you a seat, which are limited • Earlybird Rate: save $100 by registering by Friday, Aug 15 • registration covers planter & spouse • balance is due 1 month prior to the event • travel costs are not included |
| Logistics: | • Recommended Airport: Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) • Recommended Hotel: Holiday Inn Chantilly-Dulles Expo |
| Registration & Payment: | Register Now |