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Church Planting Tutorial: 3. 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). Click here to read […]

Church Planting Tutorial: 2. 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. In this tutorial, we separate assessments into two primary categories: pre-assessment (self-assessment) and a formal assessment (assessment by an independent group or […]

The 6 Steps of Planning (Starting a New Church)
Planning is the process of first thinking about and then organizing the activities required to achieve a desired goal. The Tension I like to plan. My wife sometimes says I like to plan too much – guilty! I do believe, however, that tension exists between our desires to plan and […]