Church Planting Personal Review Aug 18, 2022 Are You a Church Planter in the Making? Most potential church planters struggle with the question, “Could I really be effective in planting a new church?” Actually, this is a question that should receive strong consideration. You may have spiritual gifts that you are not even fully aware of, gifts that are especially suited to effectively starting a new church. Do you have what it takes to be a successful church planter? Take this personal review and find out! Simply select your answers to all the questions and you will discover at the end. To complete your review, enter your name and email address to receive a copy of the results. 1. This past year I have pursued more learning by:reading books, participating in seminars or classes, either online or otherwise and meeting with a mentor.reading books or listening to tapes and meeting with a mentor.participating in a seminar or class either online or face to face.reading books.2. When someone attempts to keep me from implementing an idea, Iattempt to persuade them to join me in accomplishing it.keep focused and just ignore him or her.refrain from implementing the idea until others agree with me.often get angry and give up on my idea.3. I am good at sharing my ideas with others and encouraging them to join me in them.Most of the timeSome of the timeRarelyI am most effective when I am assisting someone else with his or her ideas4. I generallycomplete most of the things I startcomplete all of the things I startcomplete a few things I startam really not a good starter, but do better working under someone else5. I work best when Iam able to work from ideas that were laid upon my heart by the Lordcan come up with a good idea and receive help in planning its developmentam able to follow the ideas that God gave to another personcan be assigned a task that is part of someone else’s idea and focus on that6. I usually complete taskswithout having to be remindedjust before the deadlinewith a gentle reminder from an associate or someone supervising meafter the deadline7. When I am overwhelmed with tasks to accomplish, Idelegate the jobs to othersdrop some of the less important jobswill ask people to assist me only when the job would fail to be completed otherwiseget frustrated and do the minimum8. Why are you interested in church planting?9. If I were allowed to start a new church, I would preferto invest most of my time in reaching unchurched peopleto spend 80% of my time with the church and about 20% of my time with the unchurchedto bring someone on my team who could communicate well with the unchurched so that I could devote my time to discipling Christiansto focus upon the needs of the people in the church10. I am currently pursuingmultiple relationships with unchurched people for the purpose of loving them and leading them to the Lorda relationship with an unchurched person in order to love him/her and lead him/her to the Lordplans to start relationships with unchurched people for the purpose of loving them and leading them to the Lordno relationship with an unchurched person for the purpose of loving them and leading them to Christ11. I function best when Ican hang out with people who do not yet know Jesuswhen I am relating to new Christianswhen I can spend much of my time building relationships with Christianswhen I am relating to mature Christians12. My spouse (if not applicable, select N/A)takes an active part in the ministry of the church whether in a visible way or behind the scenesprefers to support my involvement in a supportive background roleconsiders ministry as my responsibility, not hers/hisbelieves ministry in the church is a detriment to our family lifeN/A13. I make it a priority toschedule at least one time a week for relaxation and/or family fun. Only a drastic emergency can interfere with this timeregularly schedule a time of relaxation/refreshment with my spouse or for me personally (if not married)have a date with my spouse or a personal time of relaxation and fun (if single), when I can schedule ithave a full calendar of work related activities with little time for recreation, relaxation or family fun because my position/work requires that of me14. When new people start coming to my church,I try to encourage others to invite them to a small group gatheringI personally visit themI usually let them visit a few times before inviting them to my homeI simply allow them to build relationships on their own15. I perceive the primary role of a pastor/leader would be totrain and equip the people to serve/leadlead and administrate the work of the churchpreach the Good News of Jesus at my churchcare for the needs of the people16. I believe the style of worship for a church should beflexible to changing times and peopleset when the church first starts and changed only when the leadership changestraditional and match time-honored Seventh-day Adventist valueswhat the pastor/church leaders like17. The way I prefer to learn about the needs of my community is throughgetting to know people personally in the communitythe U.S. Census Data or data from the local conferenceconducting a community assessment surveytrial and error. Do an outreach, then learn from what went wrong/right18. I believe the best way to discover my spiritual gifts is totake a spiritual gift assessment survey and have a personal interview with a pastor/leader before trying an area of servingtry different areas of serving and find out what worksreflect on what I like to do/motivates me and try doing something that incorporates thatwait to be asked by leaders/nominating committee to serve in some way19. On a scale of 1-4, with 1 being the lowest and 4 the highest, I would describe my capacity for multiple assignments to be:432120. When I am in a group of Christians that are divided over an issue, Ihelp them focus on what we are called to doserve as referee to bring peaceuse the Bible/E.G. White writings to show the fault of their actionsprobably find myself choosing sides21. What are your top three (3) reasons for your interest in church planting?22. In times of hardship and disappointment Iusually strengthen my resolve to continue to follow the direction the Lord has given me for my lifemay get discouraged for a while, but I go to the Lord and renew my pursuit of His direction for meusually struggle with strong feelings of defeat and resign myself to the circumstances I am facingoften am so deeply affected that I feel isolated from other Christians and begin to ignore God23. On a scale of one to four, how convinced are you that God has called you to plant a church? (1 being not convinced and 4 being thoroughly convinced)432124. Would you be comfortable working closely with people of a different denomination when planting a church?YesNo3 out of 2 Name Email Time is Up!
