Interested in Planting?
Initial Screening for Church Planters:
Emerging Leadership Initiative (ELI)
- Go to ELI Church Planting site
- Select ELI Online Assessment Center
- Create an account, choosing Christian Evangelistic Association as the agency to receive the results.
Questions to Consider: 1. Vision - Do you regularly project into the future in your planning? 2. Self-Starter - Do you create your own "To Do" list each day? 3. Partnership - Do you regularly delegate items on your "To Do" list 4. Relating to Lost People - Can you give an example of a person 5. Family Support - Is your spouse enthusiastically involved in 6. Outgoing - Do you initiate the majority of your friendships? 7. Committed to Church Growth - Have you started and/or led a 8. Community - Have you ever recognized a need in your community 9. Equipping - Have you trained others for leadership? 10. Flexibility - Are you flexible when it comes to change? 11. Team-Building - Do you have experience developing ministry 12. Resilience - Does "Keep on Keeping On" describe your work 13. Faith - Do you regularly see God answer specific prayer requests 14. Entrepreneurial - Have you recently started a project from the 15. Initiative - Do you take the initiative in most of your tasks? 16. Building Ownership - Can you gain commitment from people to 17. Relational - Do you have relationships with people who are 18. Ministry Roles - Do you & your spouse have a clear 19. Friendships - Are you proactive in getting to know people on a 20. Finances - Are your personal finances well managed?
to other people?
with whom you have shared Jesus with in this past year?
ministry opportunities?
ministry that has experienced growth?
and done something about it?
teams?
ethic?
in your life?
beginning?
your vision?
different than you?
understanding in regards to roles in the ministry?
personal basis?
If you answered YES to at least 15 of these questions you may be well-suited for churchplanting. Please contact the CEA!