Screening

Steps in the Process

1.        Gathering Information
2.        Testing Information
3.        Discernment Report

Step One: Gathering Information

Purpose:        To quickly gather basic information about the candidate to aid the interview team in preparing for the "Behavioral Interview".

        Information to Gather:
1. Resume (w/ references)
2. A one-page essay describing what the applicant’s vision of a new church looks like.
3. Fill out the three worksheets from the Church Planter’s Toolkit
        a.        Motivations for Church Planting
        b.        Balancing Your Personal Life
        c.        What Kind of Church do You Want to Start
4. Fill out the Church Planter’s Profile

Step Two: Testing and Interview

Purpose:        Assessing the Candidates appropriateness for church planting. This includes guiding the candidate in self-discernment.

Testing:

1.        DISC Profile: This evaluates Leadership Style. Cost: $17.50 The implications of a person’s profile suggest the following:
        a. HOW the church is begun. (Style and Strategy)
        b. The RATE at which the church develops. (Time-Frame)
        c. The TASKS needed to come alongside. (1st People Needed)
        d. The length of your role and contribution to the start.

2.        Conflict Management Style: This evaluates how you deal with conflict. Cost $7

3.        Birkman Personality Profile: This evaluates Behavior and how you react in different job settings and how you work with other people. Cost $60

4.        Spiritual Gifts Diagnostic Inventory: Breakthru from Flagship Church Resources out of Ginghamsburg UMC. Cost: $19.99 Gifts that are absolutely necessary: Leadership (Apostolic) Preaching, Evangelism, Faith, and Discernment.

Interview:

5.        The Behavioral Interview: The purpose of this interview is too objectively identify competencies needed for church planting.

a.        Competency Checklist: We will use the list of 13 Characteristics of a New Church Planter provided by Charles Ridley in the Church Planter’s Toolkit.

b.        The interview will focus on past behavior, life-patterns, even going back to college, highs-school, and family origin. Questions will be along the lines of "Tell me about a time when…. rather than "What would you do if….". This is not a Character interview.

c.        After the interview the team will produce a report detailing the strengths and weaknesses of the candidate in the various competencies.

Discernment Report:        Once all the information is gathered, the "Discernment Team will prayerfully consider the candidate and make a recommendation.

Discernment Tools

Information on the DISC Profile
http://www.pdiprofile.com

We would purchase a certain number of codes that we could then distribute to the people we want to take the test. They go on line and take it there. Then they get a copy and we get access to a copy of the test as well. The normal cost is $22 per person. We can get a discounted rate of $17.50. This would be a total of $350 for 20 people.

Church Planter’s Toolkit (by Bob Logan)
http://www.churchsmart.com/store/viewItem.asp?idProduct=1007

This is a self-study resource kit. Cost is $95. It consists of a workbook that you fill out in helping you to understand what is involved in church planting and whether that fits your calling.

Discover Your Conflict Management Style by Speed Leas
$7 on Amazon

A Spiritual Gifts Diagnostic Inventory
http://www.ginghamsburgglobal.org/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=breakthru&Category_Code

Birkman Personality Profile
http://www.birkman.com/